Jan-31-2025
On 10 January 2025, Japan’s National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) added ingredients used in cosmetics to the country’s Chemical Risk Information Platform (NITE-CHRIP). As a government agency, NITE has...
Read MoreUpdate: On 30 January 2025, the Japanese government notified the WTO that the proposed revisions to food additive standards under the Food Sanitation Act became effective on 23 January 2025. Original...
Read MoreOn 8 January 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released the revised import customs procedure for chemicals under the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL) on its official portal. ...
Read MoreJan-08-2025
Update: On 27 December 2024, Japan’s METI and MOE published the promulgated order prohibiting the manufacture of the 10 mercury-containing products in Japan’s Kanpo Official Gazette. Original Text: On 4 July...
Read MoreOn 27 December 2024, 131 new chemicals were added to the New Chemical chemicals List by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) under the Industrial Safety and Health...
Read MoreOn 28 December 2024, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) released a draft notice to revise the criteria for determining poisonous and deleterious substances under the Poisonous and Deleterious...
Read MoreOn 23 October 2024, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) released the list of chemicals identified as causing skin irritation or absorption through the skin. MHLW published the list...
Read MoreOn 5 December 2024, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) circulated a draft notice to add methoxychlor, dechlorane plus, UV-328 and their products to the country’s Export Trade Control...
Read MoreDec-13-2024
Update: On 13 December 2024, Japan’s MHLW, METI and MOE released an enforcement Cabinet Order designating methoxychlor, dechlorane plus and UV-328 as Class I Specified Chemical Substances on the Japan’s e-GOV...
Read MoreUpdate: On 5 December 2024, Japan’s MHLW, METI and MOE notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the adoption of the Cabinet Order designating NPE as a Class II Specified Chemical...
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