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On 25 June 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced the addition of three hazardous chemicals to the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) under the REACH Regulation. This latest update brings the total number of SVHC

The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched an eight-week public consultation on proposed legislative reforms for chemicals regulation in Great Britain. The consultation, which runs until 18 August 2025, invites stakeholders to share th

In an effort to combat Canada’s growing opioid crisis, Health Canada under the Government of Canada, has proposed significant regulatory changes to tighten controls over precursor chemicals and designated devices such as pill presses and encapsulat

Switzerland has updated the list of substances notified or registered in the country, with 385 additions in June. New substances manufactured or imported into the country, in a volume greater than one tonne per year, must be notified to the Swiss che

On 20 April 2023 the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published details about application dates and other information related to the new CLP Hazard Classes that came into force on that same date. The European Commission published a Delegated Regul

On 5 December 2024, Australia updated the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management Standard (IChEMS) Register under the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Amendment (2024 Measures No. 2) Instrument 2024, with changes to tak

In the context of the authorization process, Member States Competent Authorities and/or the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), on request of the European Commission, could prepare Annex XV dossiers for the identification of Substances of Very High

Section 21 of the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 (the Act) allows for the introduction of new chemicals into Australia provided the chemicals meet certain requirements stipulated in subsections 21(4) and 21(6) of the Act.

On April 29, 2020, China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) published the Measures on Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances (MEE Order 12). The amendment will come into force on January 1, 2021 and replace the cu

What is CMSR? India released the fourth draft of the Chemical (Management and Safety) Rules (CMSR) on March 16, 2020. The CMSR will regulate Substances, Substances in Mixture, Substance in Articles and Intermediates that are manufactured, imported

China opened a public consultation on the new Guidance on Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances. The draft guideline provides implementation design for the MEE ORDER 12 with regards to the scope of registration, data requir

FCMs regulations are fast-moving to improve the protection of public health. Food contact materials (FCMs) refer to all materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, for example, packaging and containers, machinery to process fo

The Australian Department of Health (DOH) announced guidance for manufacturers and importers of chemicals that have an end-use in food-contact articles. The guidance shares six steps to categorize food-contact chemicals as “exempted”, “reported

South Korea added three substances in the 741 existing biocidal substance list therefore, the total number of biocidal chemicals in the existing list becomes 744 entries. It includes: Chlorine dioxide generated from sodium chlorite by oxida

  On 21 Dec. 2020, China MEE announced that the second batch of 238 substances have fulfilled the requirements for IECSC supplementation and will be managed as existing chemical substances.  On 17 November 2020, China MEE released a publ

ECHA has added two new substances to the Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) for authorization on 19 January 2021. Now the list contains 211 substances in total. These two substances were added to the Candidate List as th

Vietnamese National Chemical Inventory (NCI) Notification window opened on 16th October 2020 and is about to close on 15th April 2021. Vietnam began to compile the national chemical inventory (NCI) in 2012. Substances that are not listed on th

Under the New Substance Program, Environment and Climate Canada and Health Canada are responsible for administering the New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers) and the New Substances Notification Regulations (Organisms

As per Canada’s New Substances Fees Regulations, fees must be provided with each New Substance Notification (NSN) package submitted under the New Substance Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers).  The amount of fee will be depen

On April 8, 2021, the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) opened a public consultation on the criteria for conducting Pesticide Residue Studies and for the establishment of Maximum Residue Limits (MRL). The proposal intends to ado