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China MoH to Release over 200 Additives Used in Food Contact Materials Soon

In the last three years, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) has been entrusted by the MoH to collect and evaluate additives used in food contact materials, with exceptions made for 959 additives that have been specified in the GB 9685-2008.

2013-03-08

Industrial Chemical

NRCC to Train the HCs Registration Personnel of Local Offices

On 5 Mar 2013, the National Registration Center for Chemicals (NRCC) of SAWS informed its provincial Registration Offices that two training sessions for registration of hazardous chemicals will be held at Chengdu and Wuhan. The sessions are to prepare the registration personnel from the local offices for the practical registration work in the near future.

2013-03-07

Industrial Chemical

AQSIQ Revised Licensing Rules for Pesticide Manufacturers

On 5 Feb 2013, China General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) publish the Announcement 23 of 2013 to revise the “Implementing Rules of Manufacturing License on ...

2013-03-06

Industrial Chemical

ECHA announces guidelines to decrease delays plaguing the submission of registration dossiers.

On March 1, 2013, ECHA published a notice, reminding registrants to contact ECHA for solutions to problemsprior to the approaching submission deadline on May 31st 2013.If confronted withextenuating ...

2013-03-05

Industrial Chemical

Future Regulatory Initiatives to be Launched by China MEP during the 12TH FYP

The MEP’s“12th Five-Year Plan for the Environmental Risk Control on Chemicals” has blueprinted the chemicals and companies/industries to be monitored in the near future. However, it will never be an ...

2013-03-04

Industrial Chemical

SAWS Removes Some Industries Subject to the HazChems Safe Use Permit

China SAWS released on 25 Feb the updated Catalogue of industries applicable for Hazardous Chemicals Safe Use Permit 2013 (hereinafter as “Catalogue”) to replace its previous version issued in 2011. Companies that are included in the Catalogue and use HCs (for production purpose) with use quantities reaching the threshold annual tonnage specified in the “Use quantities standard for hazardous chemicals” are required to obtain the HCs Safety Use Permit, according to the SAWS Order 57 (Chemlinked news on 29 Nov 2012). The Catalogue 2011 contains 3 main industries, which are divided into 12 sub-categories with 38 types of products. Compared with it, the newly-updated version has cut two sub-categories and 13 specific products shown below:

2013-02-27

Industrial Chemical

Thailand Re-Classifies Household Hazardous Substances

Thailand Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced on 12 Dec 2012 a revision of thehazardous substance list regarding a batch of chemicals used in various household products. Thailand’s ...

2013-02-26

Industrial Chemical

New Good Supply Practice for Pharmaceutical Products Issued

The Good Supply Practice for Pharmaceutical Products (GSP) has been issued by the MOH on 22 Jan 2013 and will come into effect on 1 Jun 2013. The new GSP is a continued effort by the government to ...

2013-02-22

Industrial Chemical

SAWS Released the Second Batch of the List of Hazardous Chemicals under Priority Management

  Following the first batch of 60 hazardous chemicals under priority management released in 2011, China SAWS now published the second batch of 14 HCs as well as a document, illustrating safety measures and emergency disposal principles for each HC listed in the second batch.

2013-02-18

Industrial Chemical

ECHA reminds first PPORD is about to expire

  It is learned from ECHA that the first PPORD is about to expire in June 2013, which marks its 5 years’ duration. ECHA has now been in contact with notifers who submitted their PPORD notifications in 2008, in order to remind companies to submit applications of PPORD substance exemption extension before March 1, 2013, should they which to extend exemption to their PPORD substances. You may also refer to ECHA website for the notice.

2013-02-18