Regulatory deadlines for chemical/hazardous products are continually updated throughout various jurisdictions. Chemical manufacturers and distributors are reminded of upcoming deadlines in early 2022 for various new regulations, public consultations, and information exchange outlined below: January 1 United States Manufacturers and all subsequent distributors must make test summaries available for lithium cell batteries January 1 China […]
The California Cosmetic Fragrance and Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act of 2020 (SB 312) came into effect on January 1, 2022, and only applies to the State of California in the USA. Its purpose is to allow consumers and industry professionals to make informed purchasing decisions by providing them with cosmetic product ingredient information. […]
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) published proposed amendments to the short form Proposition 65 (Prop 65) warning regulation. These amendments are in response to the comments received from the original proposal. The OEHHA has modified the proposed regulation to improve the short-form warnings to provide consumers more specific information, […]
Commission Regulation (EU) 2020-217, the 14th adaptation to technical progress (ATP) of the CLP introduced a new harmonized classification for certain forms of Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) as a category 2 carcinogen by inhalation. This has come into force as of October 1, 2021. Classification and labelling of the substance titanium dioxide The classification Carcinogen […]
Due to global supply chains, evolving regulations, and companies and consumers desiring better transparency, there is a need to make chemical information easier and faster to access. A possible solution to this accessibility issue is the utilization of digital markings (eg QR codes) on chemical labels, since a large portion of the population now have […]
Until recently, products sold in Great Britain used the European Union’s CE marking to signify that the product meets all the legal health, safety, and environmental protection requirements as defined by the EU’s harmonization legislation. However, due to Brexit, the UK government is now requiring that certain products sold in Great Britain (England, Scotland, […]
The United Nation’s Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)—or the “Purple Book”—expects the GHS label to be the primary GHS application in the consumer sector and one of the GHS applications used in the workplace, emergency response, and transport sectors. To ensure that a product’s hazards are effectively communicated to […]
U.S. aerosol associations collaborate with global suppliers and trusted organizations to provide educational courses on the aerosol and pressurized packaging category via modern online platform… The Western Aerosol Information Bureau (WAIB), Consumer Aerosol Products Council (CAPCO), Eastern Aerosol Association (EAA), Midwest Aerosol Association (MAA), National Aerosol Association (NAA), and Southern Aerosol Technical Association (SATA) announced […]
Safety data sheets (SDS) are just one form of hazard communication covered under the United Nation’s Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). The other main form of hazard communication is the label used on the package itself. The GHS label is often the first—and in some cases, the only—hazard labelling that […]
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are a class of human-made chemicals commonly used to make products resistant to water, stains, and/or heat. They are used in almost all industries from flotation fluids in aerospace gyroscopes to cleaning burn injuries, and are also used in many consumer products such as floor polish, sportswear, non-stick cookware, […]