Industrial Chemical

ECHA Updates SVHC List with Two New Hazardous Chemicals

Once identified as SVHC, both substances will be placed on the Candidate List for eventual inclusion in the Authorization List. On June 14, 2023, ECHA added the two chemicals to the Candidate List of ...

2023-06-20

Industrial Chemical

South Korea Revises MSDS Standards [Expert Analysis Available]

The Korean Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) officially released the revised Standards for Classification and Labeling of Chemical Substances and Material Safety Data Sheet (MoEL Public Notice ...

2023-06-20

Cosmetic

China NIFDC Consults on Updates to Prohibited Cosmetic Ingredients and Test Methods

China is moving towards updating the Inventory of Prohibited Ingredients for Cosmetics and adopting more toxicological test methods for cosmetic ingredients, as well as animal testing alternatives. ...

2023-06-19

Industrial Chemical

ECHA Sees Rise in Alternatives to Animal Testing for Chemical Safety Assessments

The report shows that adaptations continue to be used more than experimental studies, with read-across being the most frequent option. In vitro non-animal test methods have seen a significant uptake ...

2023-06-19

Industrial Chemical

South Korea Unveils Hazard Assessment Results for 37 New Chemicals

On June 8, 2023, by NIER Announcement No. 2023-27, South Korea's NIER adopted the updates to hazardous evaluation results of chemicals registered under K-REACH, and they took effect immediately. ...

2023-06-19

Cosmetic

China NIFDC Clarifies Registration Requirements for Special Cosmetics and New Cosmetic Ingredients

On June 5, 2023, China National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC) released nine guidelines pertaining to the registration of Chinese domestic and imported special cosmetics, as well ...

2023-06-13

Cosmetic

China Seeks Feedback on Guidelines for Submitting Cosmetic Ingredient Safety Information via Official Platform

Guidelines for Submitting Information through the Cosmetic Ingredient Safety Information Submission Platform clarifies the application scope of the platform, the submission principles, necessary ...

2023-06-13

Cosmetic

China Proposes Technical Guidance for Cosmetics Ingredient Safety Submission

Consisting of 11 parts, the draft specifies cosmetic registrants’ and notifiers’ responsibility for ingredient quality and safety, refines the requirements for filling in and submitting ingredient ...

2023-06-13

Industrial Chemical

China Bans Five Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Update:  On June 6, 2023, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), together with 10 other ministries, issued the Announcement on Environmental Risk Control Requirements for Five ...

2023-06-09

Food

South Korea Updates Guideline for Functional Ingredient Recognition

On May 22, 2023, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) updated the Guideline on Preparing Dossiers for Functional Ingredient Recognition of Health Functional Food to help enterprises better ...

2023-06-09