January 31, 2018Verisk 3E Regulatory Research Team
On 19 January 2018, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) invited public comments on a draft outline of amendments to food safety controls
On 22 January 2018, the European Commission published a notice to stakeholders on the impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the EU related to the field of industrial products.
The Singaporean Parliament passed an Amendment Act to revise the existing Sale of Food Act, which is the principal law that regulates food-related issues.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published on 12 January 2018 their semiannual regulatory agenda.
On January 15, 2018, the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) added eight new Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) to the REACH Candidate List for Authorization.
On 28 December 2017, Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) issued Circular 32/2017/TT-BCT on Requirements and Guidance on a Few Articles of the Chemical Law and Decree 113/2017/ND-CP on Specifying A Few Articles of the Chemical Law .
The Food and Drug Administration of Thailand published a draft amendment to the Food Act B.E. 2522, which is the seminal regulation on food and food safety in Thailand.