Agrochemical

China Enforcing its Restrictions on Parquat Herbicide

On April 24th, China Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology(MIIT) and General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) has ...

2012-06-14

Industrial Chemical

ECHA MSC Agrees on 5 SVHCs and 41 Dossier Evaluation Decisions

Candidate ListThe five new SVHCs identified by the MSC are:Diborontrioxide 1303-86-2C.I. Basic Violet 3 548-62-9C.I. Basic Blue 26 2580-56-5C.I. Solvent Blue 4 ...

2012-06-13

Food

US FDA Issues Alert on Reumofan Plus, a Health Food

US orders to recall a dietary supplement due to harmful API components that can cause NSAID toxicity and discontinuation of corticosteroid   12 June 2012   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a news alert on 8 June to the public that consumers should immediately stop buying or start using Reumofan Plus, a health food marketed as “natural” dietary supplement for pain relief and other serious conditions because the product contains several active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) not listed on the label that could be harmful.

2012-06-12

Industrial Chemical

China MOT Justified Nantong Jiangshan’s Transport of Pesticide goods

On April 29th, 316 pieces of Jiangshan’s dichlorvos goods to an agrochemical company in Gansu was seized by Gansu’s Transport authority for violating China’s regulation on transportation of hazardous ...

2012-06-11

Industrial Chemical

ECHA Instructs on Dissemination & CBI Handling of SDS information

The new SDS information, which will be made publicly available, concerns the identities of the registrants of a substance, the registration numbers, an indication of whether a chemical safety ...

2012-06-08

Industrial Chemical

ECHA Reiterates 19 June Deadline for SVHC Notification

Any company starting to import or produce articles containing any of the 73 substances currently on the Candidate List should notify as soon as more than one tonne of the substance is present in the ...

2012-06-08

Industrial Chemical

Case Study on Exemptions for China REACH

Background: An EU-based Client provides raw materials (less than 1 tonne per year) to importers in China. They have three substances not listed on the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in ...

2012-06-08

Food

MOH Releases National Food Safety Standards Projects in 2012

The responsible units listed below for certain task of enactment or revision of national food safety standards should fill in the project entrustment agreement and submit it to the national food ...

2012-06-08

Cosmetic

Attention on the Labelling of China Cosmetics

Recently, Gansu Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision has conducted a spot inspection on 40 batches of children cosmetics (mainly used by infants under 6 years old), among which the labelling ...

2012-06-07

Industrial Chemical

Shanghai Continues Tightening Control on Hazardous Chemicals Industry

In the past three years, totally 237 HC companies has been regulated by Shanghai government, consisting of 195 manufacturers, 23 storage firms and 19 users and accumulatively 1.4 million tons of HC ...

2012-06-07