December 2017

On 27 October 2017, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) finalized a rule to prohibit a content greater than 0.1% of diisononyl phthalate (DINP), diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP), di-n-pentyl phthalate (DPENP), di-n-hexyl phthalate (DHEXP), and dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) in children’s toys and child care articles. The rule will enter into...

The Gulf Cooperation Council Standardization Organization (GSO) has published a draft standard for additives permitted for use in foodstuffs.

On 13 December 2017, the Japanese Government announced enforcement dates related to the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL), as amended on 7 June 2017.

On 6 December 2017, California's Office of Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) published amendments to Article 6 on the provision of “clear and reasonable” warnings for purposes of Proposition 65. The amendments, which are now encoded into the Proposition 65 regulations, have the purpose of clarifying and correcting some of the...

Taiwan’s Executive Yuan published a news article on its website on 9 November 2017 indicating that it had passed the Proposed Amendments to the Toxic Chemical Substances Control Act on the same day.

On 3 November 2017, the Vietnam Food Agency (VFA) issued the 8th Draft ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) for Inspection and Certification of Food Hygiene for Prepared Foodstuff Products, which outlines the process for creating a single inspection and certification point for food products circulated on the ASEAN market.