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

Industrial Chemical

CRC-MEP releases its standalone version 2013 of IECSC

  In accordance with <inventory of existing chemical substance in China (version 2013)> (public announcement No.1 of MEP in 2013 in Chinese), the CRC-MEP (chemical registration center of ministry of environmental protection) has developed standalone version of the inventory which can be installed in personal computer. The software has been issued for sale since February 7, 2013.

2013-02-17

Industrial Chemical

ECHA reviews REACH report

  On 5th of February, 2013, the European Commission released general report of REACH review, pointing out that since the implementation of EU REACH, it had played a positive role in facilitating health and environment protection.

2013-02-16

Industrial Chemical

Registration Permit is Required for 28 Pharmaceutical Excipients

The Regulation on Strengthening Supervison over Pharmaceutical Excipients has been effective since 1 Feb 2013. Since then, China starts to implement the management on pharmaceutical excipients based on their classification. For the new excipients and the excipients with high safety risk, the registration permit is required and excipient manufacturers need to get the Drug Manufacturing License. The other excipients are under control via the record-keeping approach.

2013-02-16

Industrial Chemical

China MoH Released GB 2762-2012 Limiting Chemical Contaminants in Food

  On 13 Nov 2012, the Ministry of Health (MoH) issued the food safety national standard GB 2762-2012 (Maximum Levels of Contaminants in Foods) to replace its 2005 edition, which will come into force as of 1 Jun of this year.

2013-01-31

Industrial Chemical

The Second Batch List of Hazardous Chemicals under Priority Management to Be Published Soon

  ChemLinked learned from the China SAWS that, a second batch of 13 hazardous chemicals under priority management (hereinafter as “priority hazardous chemicals”) is soon to be published around China’s Spring Festival Holiday season. The formal second batch will remove Peroxyacetic acid (CAS: 79-21-0) from a previously released opinion-soliciting draft issued in October 2012 as the substance has already been added in the first batch of priority hazardous chemicals list.

2013-01-22

Industrial Chemical

Guidance for China Reach: Plant Extract Notification

Plant extract can be one of the targets which the “China Reach” might cast upon its attention. Many plant extract products consist of substances which are defined by “China Reach” as new substances, ...

2013-01-22

Industrial Chemical

ECHA seeks to assess impact of expanding REACH restriction on cadmium and its compounds in plastic materials

The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has just recently diverted its attention into a restriction case where cadmium becomes the targeted substance. Effort is being paid to digging out more evidence so ...

2013-01-16

Industrial Chemical

REACH24H gave presentation in Germany addressing change in China GHS legislation

By the end of 2012, Hannah Zhuang the regulatory specialist took a seven-day travel across Germany and Switzerland to bring local companies with the latest trend and updates on Chinese chemical regulation. One of the most important schedules was to attend the users’ conference of PES-Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, the SDS authoring software company. Hannah was invited to give a speech regarding Chinese regulations at the conference. 140 people in total attended the conference with all of them representatives from local German companies or those from neighboring countries. Hannah’s speech was aiming at providing compliance advices from the perspective of German companies.  

2013-01-15