The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘Regulation on preparation methods for registration application dossier and hazard review methods’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) on August 25th, 2022.

This is to minimize the use of vertebrates for the chemical registration and hazard review by regulating hazard review method to use non-test data.

The main updates include:

• Addition of hazard view method based on non-test data definition and type (QSAR, correlation method, evidence method, etc.)
• Addition and specification of exemption conditions for each test category based on chemical substance properties or non-test data
• Addition of methods to submit opinions to the president of the NIER if a person who received the result of hazard review disagrees with it

If you have any opinion on this amendment, please write your opinion and submit it to the NIER.

The deadline for this consultation is Sep 14th, 2022.