June 2020

On 25 June 2020 the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) added four new Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) to the REACH Candidate List for Authorization. Three reprotoxins and one endocrine disruptor was added. This brings the list to 209 SVHC substances. The four newly added substances are as follows: 1-vinylimidazole...

On 8 June 2020 Korea’s Ministry of Employment and Labor (MoEL) proposed a major revision to the Standards for Classification and Labeling of Chemical Substances and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) (화학물질의 분류·표시 및 물질안전보건자료에 관한 기준) (Standards), through the MoEL Public Notice No. 2020-247. The MoEL will collect public...

On 18 May 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) released a final rule updating the rules surrounding the movement of genetically engineered (GE) organisms defined as plant pests or potential plant pests. Verisk 3E Review The APHIS regulations govern the movement, importation...

On 18 May 2020 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule codifying previous legislative actions that added 172 perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) into the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) into the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Verisk 3E Review The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed 20...