Nexreg releases regulatory news educating organizations on the changes in regulations, and how to keep their industrial and consumer products compliant.
An interesting article about REACH from Lube Report with the title REACH: a Non-tariff Trade Barrier?. Of particular note is the strategies companies are using to ensure REACH compliancy: Mick Wragg, Lubrizol’s manager of product stewardship for Europe, pointed out some of the most common misconceptions about preregistration: “My EU affiliate will preregister the substances, […]
From OSHA – a few key details below: OSHA solicits public comment concerning its proposal to extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements specified by the Methylene Chloride Standard (Sec. 1910.1052). DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by June 23, 2008… The standard entitled “Methylene Chloride” (MC) (29 CFR 1910.1052; the […]
From Reuters: Ontario said on Tuesday that it will ban the sale and general use of pesticides in what the province said would be among the toughest such environmental laws in North America. Canada’s most populous province said the new legislation — expected to take effect next spring — would outlaw homeowners’ use of […]
From the OEHHA: OEHHA has determined that dibromoacetic acid meets the criteria for listing under Title 22, Cal. Code of Regs., section 12306, and therefore OEHHA is issuing this notice of intent to list dibromoacetic acid under Proposition 65… The following chemical has been determined by OEHHA to meet the criteria set forth in Title […]
From the Natural Health Products Directorate – three new monographs: Updated Monograph – European Pennyroyal Updated Monograph – Arnica New Single Ingredient Monograph – Senna As well, the NHPD Monthly Communiqué has been released and includes the following: Activity Units (Potency) Required for Enzymes Applicants seeking authorization to market enzymes are now required to submit […]
From the Government of Canada: Order 2008-87-01-04 Amending the Non-domestic Substances List: Part I of the Non-domestic Substances List… is amended by deleting the following: 56422-54-9 162682-23-7 96247-28-8 250672-06-1 For more information, click on the above link.
As promised earlier today, we have the Health Canada annoucement. Here is a snippet of the press release: …Canada is the first country in the world to complete a risk assessment of bisphenol A in consultation with industry and other stakeholders, and to initiate a 60 day public comment period on whether to ban the […]
UPDATE: The annoucement has arrived. It is available here. We have been receiving a few questions about this issue this morning. As soon as something official is released, we will let you know. CTV expects the annoucement to come today: Health Canada is expected to announce today that bisphenol A is a dangerous substance — […]
A press release from the EU. A few key points – the range of the fees is as follows: The fees and charges that will be charged for registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals under the new REACH registration procedures have been adopted by the Commission today and will be published in the Official Journal […]
First, Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations (1528 — Schedule F): 1. The reference to Botulinum Toxin Type A Antitoxine botulinique, Type A in Part I of Schedule F to the Food and Drug Regulations… is replaced by the following: Botulinum toxin Type A Toxine botulinique, type A 2. Part I of Schedule F […]
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