September 2018

On 7 September 2018 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Policy Regarding Quantitative Labeling of Dietary Supplements Containing Live Microbials" (Guidance). Comments will be accepted until 6 November 2018. Verisk 3E Review The focus of the draft Guidance is on...

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) committees have been busy in September making new recommendations for substance restrictions, authorizations and harmonized classification and labeling (CLH). Harmonized classification and labeling The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) recently adopted 14 opinions for harmonized classification and labeling, including opinions on two fragrances, citral and...

Companies with chemical substances on the market in Vietnam now have a brief window during which to ensure that their chemicals are included in the new National Chemical Substances Database. On 14 September 2018 Vietnam's Chemicals Agency (VCA) and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) announced that VCA is...

The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) is establishing a new notification system and registry for chemicals and mixtures. On 6 September 2018, at the 29th meeting of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Advisory Committee on technical regulations, sanitary, veterinary and phytosanitary measures, draft documents were introduced related to the EEU Technical Regulation...

The Ministry of Health and Welfare of Taiwan (MoHW) published the Regulations of Food Allergen Labeling (訂定「食品過敏原標示規定」) (the Regulations) on 21 August 2018. The Regulations impose labeling requirements for food allergens in Taiwan, including the types of allergens subject to mandatory labeling requirements and the format and content required of...

The 14th meeting of the Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention will be held 11-14 September 2018 and will consider documentation supporting the addition of several pesticides and industrial chemicals to Annex III of the Convention. Notifications of final regulatory action At the September meeting, the Committee will review...