The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) is consulting on updating substances under the management of the Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law (PDSCL).

China’s Ministry of Ecology and the Environment published the final version of the MEE Order 12 “Measures for the Environmental Management of New Chemical Substances” to replace MEP Order 7

A consolidated transitional inventory of chemicals was published on the 16th of June 2020 by the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade. The inventory of chemical substances and mixtures is open for submissions from Russian companies. The inventory informs the Eurasian technical regulation on chemical products also known as “Eurasia-REACH”. EAEU member states will create their own inventories.

The draft Regulation was introduced to implement Article 8, 11 and Article 44-4 of Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substance Control Act.

Yordas can help you comply with Taiwanese Chemical Regulation. On 9th June, Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration published the long awaited Guidance on Standard Registration of Priority Existing Chemical substances (the PEC Guidance). The PEC Guidance regulates the registration of the first batch of 106 priority existing chemical substances (PECs). If the annual tonnage is over 1 tonne/year, the Manufacturer/Importer/Third-party representative of the listed substances needs to complete the registration before the given deadlines (depending on the tonnage and the time of Phase 1 registration).

On 9 June 2020, the EPA issued direct final Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) for 16 substances, which were the subject of pre-manufacture notices (PMNs)

Australia's national authority for work health and safety announced the adoption of the 7th revised edition of the GHS will be delayed by six months to the 1st of January 2021

Dr. Neil Hunt authors new book: The Handbook for Functionalized Nanomaterials for Industrial Applications, which has recently been published by Elsevier

China Ministry of Ecology and Environmental Protection (MEE) published the final version of the MEE Order 12 which will replace the current MEP Order 7 (often referred to as “China REACH”).

Deciding whether a product is classed as a cosmetic, biocide or medicinal product can be a complex task. Many products have dual purposes such as antibacterial hand washes and as such can fall under different regulations. Our new whitepaper by Dr Stacey Webster aims to provide guidance on borderline products within Europe and provide a comparison to the United States with an emphasis on soaps, hand washes, cleansers and wipes.

SbD4Nano (to be amended from NanoUptake) stands for computing infrastructure for the definition, performance testing and implementation of safe-by-design approaches in nanotechnology supply chains

The U.S. EPA recently provided updated guidance documents and hosted a webinar to assist industry members with understanding the requirements and changes to Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) 2020