Policy & Regulation

Echa head praises ’courage’ of member states and Commission in nominating substances for restriction or authorisation.

• REACH

A European Commission survey on public awareness of the safety of chemical products has concluded there is a need to better inform EU citizens and clarify the concerns that many of them have.

• EU

Canada has delayed GHS implementation in order to consider an industry amendment to the Hazardous Products Regulations (HPR) regarding the process for protecting confidential business information (CBI).

• Canada
• GHS
• CBI

The deadline for notifying industrial use mixtures with health and physical effect classifications to poison centres in Spain has been extended by almost seven years.

• Poison
• Spanish

Nine NGOs have filed an objection to the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to continue to allow perchlorate in dry food packaging materials.

• Food
• Perchlorate

India's Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has formed a committee of experts and officials to create a national action plan to address chemical regulation, management and pollution in India.

• India

The US EPA has submitted its final rule on risk evaluation under the new TSCA to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

• TSCA
• EPA

Belgian and Dutch authorities have begun work to harmonise their national legislations on food contact coatings, a recent conference has heard.

• Coating
• Netherlands
• Belgium

The Chinese rutile titanium dioxide market went down this week. The downstream demand was getting weak and some rutile titanium dioxide producers suffered sales pressure.

• Titanium Dioxide

India's natural gas import will remain unaffected by some Middle-East countries cutting off diplomatic ties with Qatar that supplies most of the country's gas demand, officials and gas company executive said.

• Natural
• Gas
• India
• Import

How safe will it be to bring up your kids in Britain after Brexit? I’m not talking about crime, or abuse, or drugs, but something less visible.

• UK
• EU

India is set to prune its ambitious export target of $900 billion as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government works on reviewing the foreign trade policy amid continued global weakness and uncertainty.

• India
• Export

Factories across much of Asia ran into a soft patch in May as export demand slowed, but analysts said the weakness was likely to be temporary amid signs of steady improvement in the global economy.

• Export
• Asia

According to information from the FDA, the pharma company, located in Bhiwandi was illegally selling ‘Lactitol Monohydrate’ chemical from China to many pharmaceutical companies.

• Pharmaceutical
• FDA

Japanese polyvinyl chloride makers could face headwind to pass-through rising costs

• PVC
• China
• Japan

The global mesifurane market is expected to reach USD 153.8 million by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc.

• Food Additives
• Mesifurane

The global polyurethane foam market is expected to reach an estimated $60.5 billion by 2022 and it is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 4.0% from 2017 to 2022.

• Polyurethane
• Foam

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals today said it has received final approval from the US health regulator for its generic version Olmesartan Medoxomil tablets, used in the treatment of high blood pressure.

• Medicine
• blood

Butyl glycol also known as 2-Butoxyethanol is acolourless, slightly hygroscopic, neutral, high-boiling, low-volatility liquid with a mild odour that is used as a solvent and starting material for many reactions.

• Coating
• Butyl
• Glycol

Echa has published nanomaterials guidance in the form of two documents, and updates to three existing documents.

• REACH
• Echa