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The recent partial amendment to K-REACH has been approved by South Korea's parliament on 13 April, and it will be enforced on 14 October. This amendment outlines the culpability of downstream users and resellers that employ unregistered substances.

In EMB Memorandum Circular No. 2021-08, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) issued the 2021 updated Philippine Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical Substances (PICCS). 52 new chemica

National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the Toxic Chemical Substances List on June 22nd, 2021.  After the hazard assessment under K-REACH, 13 substances were revised, and 19 substances were newly added to th

On the 26th of July, the National Health Commission of China (NHC) announced that 9 food additives and 19 food reactants were approved, according to China Food Safety Law. The above mentioned 28 substances are the following: 9 food additives:

On 1 September 2023, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published 6 new proposals to identify Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). The consultation is open until 16 October 2023.   Substances of Very High Concern SVHCs are substances t

National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the list of low-risk biocidal substances, which can be exempted from K-BPR, on Sep 27th. There are 4 low-risk biocidal substances added to the list: CAS 56-81-5, CAS 144-55-8

On 27th October, the National Centre for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) of China published a consultation on the approval of food additives and resins and the expanded use of FCM additives.   There are three food additives being cons

Chile drafts a new regulation to further promote safe products among the ones used by children. These products will have to comply with the provisions established by the regulation and present the certificate attesting conformity in order to be

In September, Chile reaffirmed commitments with the Latin American Regulatory Cooperation Forum (LARCF), an association promoting dialogue and information exchange, training initiatives, and regulatory cooperation through national chemi

ECHA regularly recommends substances from the Candidate List to be included in the Authorisation List (Annex XIV to REACH), based on the information in the registration dossiers on uses and volumes of the substance. On February 2, 2022, ECHA lists

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea pre-announced the legislation to update K-REACH. This is aimed at simplifying K-REACH data submission for new substances under 1 TPA (Tonnes per Annum) and easing exemption requirement on new substa

The European Commission on June 1, 2022, announced its proposal to approve didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC) as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-types 1 and 2. It was proposed under the Biocidal Products Regulation (B

According to Notice No.15 of 2022 issued on May 24, 2022, by the General Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, a newly approved Action Plan for New Pollutants Treatment was released aiming to improve China’s new pollutant

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) releases a new SCIP Candidate List package to align with the inclusion of more substances on the Candidate List. This will help companies to create SCIP notifications that include the new substances. The IUCLID

The Federal Office of Public Health, Switzerland, on 28 June 2022 published a draft amendment of Annexes 2, 3, 4, and 7 of the Ordinance on Protection against Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Chemicals Ordinance). Annex 2 is the technical r

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH).   The main updates are as follows:

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH).   The draft

On 7 September 2022, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published a call for comments on nine proposals to identify new Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). SVHCs are substances that can have serious and often irreversible effects on human healt

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the Regulations on preparation methods for registration application dossier and hazard review methods’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-RE

On 16 November 2022 the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introductory Scheme (AICIS) announced that 8 substances have been added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (AIIC) because 5 years have passed since the assessment certificates f