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On September 27, 2023, the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) in South Korea announced that it has promulgated an amendment of the ‘Occupational Safety and Health Act Enforcement Rules’. The amendment includes the following key contents: 

On the 16th of October 2023, the Cosmetics Policy Division of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced that it is considering a pilot project to provide electronic information subject to labeling under the Cosmetics Act. This initiative aims to

On October 6, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) of South Korea published guidance on product labelling when submitting the approval documents for biocidal products under K-BPR.  A person who intends to obtain approval

On September 26, 2023, the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MoEL) announced the names, hazards, and risks of 55 new chemical substances manufactured and imported in the third quarter of 2023, as well as measures to prevent workers’ health problems

The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced a new guideline for animal testing on October 18, 2023, entitled Guideline of Alternative Animal Testing Methods for Cosmetics: Eye Irritation (Acute Eye Damage or Irritation) Test us

The Ministry of Employment and Labor (MoEL) announced the results of the "Monitoring of the Implementation Status of Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) in 2023" (220 locations, from July 10 to August 31) for chemical handling sites.   A total of 2

On January 9, 2024, the South Korean Ministry of Environment announced that five environmental bills had been passed by the National Assembly. These bills aim to improve the registration and management of chemicals and adjust the trading of greenhous

Companies in South Korea that manufacture or import 10 to 100 tonnes of chemicals per year are required to submit their Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) to the MSDS portal before the grace period ends on January 16, 2024.  This mandatory submi

On October 31, 2023, the South Korean Ministry of Environment (MoE) notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the draft partial amendment to the Enforcement Rule of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances. The amendment aim

On October 31, 2023, the South Korean Ministry of Environment (MoE) notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft partial amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances. The amendment cov

On October 4, 2023, the Chemical Safety Management Team of the Ministry of Environment (MoE) published a “Notice of Revision of the Subordinate Laws of the Chemical Substances Control Act”.  The Enforcement Decree and the subordinate laws of

On November 10, 2023, the head of the National Institute for Environmental Research (NIER, Director Geum Han-Seung) under the Ministry of Environment (MoE) announced that it would urgently approve eight products in the neonicotinoid family of insecti

On November 17, 2023, the National Institute for Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea published a partial amendment to the “Notice of Designation of Toxic Substances.” This amendment will take effect from February 2024, three months after

On November 17, 2023, the National Institute for Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea published a partial amendment to the “Regulations on Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.” This amendment will take effect from the da

On 7th November 2023, the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) released a notification regarding the partial revision of the Regulations on Safety Standards for Cosmetics, etc. In accordance with Article 46 of the Administrative Proce

On November 30, 2023, the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued a partial amendment to the Regulations on Cosmetics Safety Standards, etc., including the addition of some ingredients of hair dye to the list of raw materials that

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) has updated the "Measures to Deal with Explosion and Fire" for 90 types of water-reactive substances. These updates, which came into effect on December 23, 2024, are now available on the Chemica

On November 11, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (Minister Han Hwa-jin) announced that it will implement a ‘Chemical-Safe Car Management’ initiative as part of the 4th Chemical Safety Week. The announcement was made at a ceremony held at Seoul D

On December 7, 2023, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS, Director Oh Yoo-kyung) announced that 1,2,4-trihydroxybenzenes (THB) will be designated as a prohibited raw material for use in cosmetics and that the regulation on cosmetic safety stan

According to the K-REACH database, there are currently no substances that have been added to the Authorisation List under K-REACH.  However, dibutyl phthalate (DBP; CAS No. 84-74-2), benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP; CAS No. 85-68-7), and di-(2-ethyl