October 2019

On 15 October 2019 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued 29 Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) under the authority of section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). These SNURs will be effective on 16 December 2019. Verisk 3E Review Affected substances and their newly designated significant new...

On 4 October 2019 the European Commission (EC) adopted the 14th adaptation to technical and scientific progress (ATP) to the European Union’s Regulation on Classification, Labeling and Packaging (1272/2008/EC) (CLP), including the addition of titanium dioxide to the CLPs list of substances with harmonized classification and labeling. Verisk 3E Review...

The National Health Commission of China published the Notice on the Issuance of the Standard for Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides in Food (the notice) (关于印发食品中农药最大残留限量标准的公告) on 15 August 2019. Under the notice the National Food Safety Standard - Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides in Food (GB 2763-2019) will replace...

According to the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) 25 September 2019 newsletter , the Competent Authorities for REACH and CLP (CARACAL) have unanimously agreed to the European Commission’s proposed changes to Annex VIII to the Regulation on Classification, Labeling and Packaging (1272/2008/EC – CLP), including the postponement by one year of...

On 3 September 2019 Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration published the Amendment to the Toxic Chemical Substances Control Act Enforcement Rules to impose additional restrictions on chemicals of concern as newly defined under the Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substances Control Act. The amendment will become effective on 16 January 2020. Verisk...