February 2018

Health Canada issued on 10 February 2018 a proposed rule to require front-of-package (FOP) labeling of prepackaged products under the Food and Drugs Regulations (FDR) .

Global product compliance is a daunting task for the greatest of companies. Monitoring chemical regulations, new product standards, social pressure and one’s supply chain can challenge even the best EHS teams. In a recent Aberdeen study, 48% of participants indicated that “ensuring compliance with current and future regulations” was their...

China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) jointly issued a total of 11 Environmental Protection Control Standards for Imported Solid Wastes as Raw Materials on 6 February 2018.

The European Commission adopted legislation on 12 February 2018 that establishes a new specific migration limit (SML) for bisphenol A (BPA) used in varnishes and coatings for food contact (FC) applications and significantly reduces the existing migration limit in the entry for BPA in the Food Contact Plastics Regulation (2011/10/EU)...

Following an earlier announcement on 2 February 2018, the Vietnam Food Administration (VFA) published a new decree on 5 February 2018 on food safety entitled Decree 15/2018/ND-CP Guidance on the Implementation of a Few Articles of the Food Safety Law .

On 9 February 2018, the Oeko-Institut announced the launch of a "Study to support the review of the list of restricted substances and to assess a new exemption request under RoHS 2." This study is categorized as RoHS Pack 15, and includes the assessment of seven substances for possible addition...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed to prohibit companies from making “ unqualified U.S.-origin claims for their products unless they can show that the products’ final assembly or processing – and all significant processing – take place in the United States, and that all or virtually all ingredients or components of the product are made and sourced in the U.S.”