When a company reduces the production volume of a chemical and updates the dossier accordingly, the ECHA will consider the reduction when evaluating the registration dossier. However, the company involved must present proof indicating the amount of the chemical that was imported or manufactured the previous year. The ECHA clarified…
The European Commission has started an initiative that should simplify access to chemicals data and opened a consultation with stakeholders to submit their reactions by August 16. In fact, access to chemicals data that comes from governmental agencies, private institutions, or scientific literature is difficult. Furthermore, the exchange and reuse…
School supplies have been shown to contain veritable cocktails of hazardous substances. That’s the finding of an expert’s report (in French) published at the start of July by the French Agency for Food, Environmental, and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES). For example, the scientists found PFAS, BPA, heavy metals, phthalates,…
The British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) plans to extend registration deadlines and has started a consultation that runs until September 1. The DEFRA is calling for the following new transition deadlines: October 2026 (previously October 28, 2021–October 28, 2023): For substances that were included on the…
Malaysia plans to align its classification and labeling of chemicals and the content of safety data sheets (SDS) with the provisions of the eighth revision of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. The Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) published the proposal (only in…
At the end of the year, the EU Commission will propose new legislation for the EU Cosmetics Regulation. It will consider feedback gathered from the public consultation that ended on June 21, 2022. But in its comments, one association, Cosmetics Europe, warns about a prohibition that could affect about 570,000…
Ever since substance groups instead of individual substances have been undergoing evaluation, the number of substances that require harmonized classification and labeling (CLH) has risen significantly. Just last year some 1,900 substances were involved – three times as many as in the year before. Of those, 1,650 are registered under…
Japan is updating its Industrial Safety and Health Act (ISHA). The revision means that companies must meet new requirements for safety data sheets (SDS) and the labeling of substances. The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) announced the revised law (in Japanese) on May 31, 2022. According to…
In written comments sent to members of CARACAL (Competent Authorities for REACH and CLP), the [German] Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin: BAuA) noted disparities in the regulations that apply to substances of very high concern (SVHCs). When they are added to a mixture,…
Vietnam wants to change the labeling, safety data sheets (SDS), and reporting requirements for chemicals subject to restrictions on use. The related consultation runs until June 26. The draft (Vietnamese only) published at the end of April by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) calls for updating the chemicals…
