Apr. 10 Malaysia: OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and : Malaysia joins OECD agreement on mutual acceptance of chemical safety data

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Malaysia has joined the OECD system for the Mutual Acceptance of Data (MAD) in the Assessment of Chemicals, ensuring that its non-clinical safety data related to the protection of human health and the environment will be accepted by all 40 countries adhering to MAD.

The MAD system – a multilateral agreement – allows participating countries to share the results of various non-clinical safety tests done on chemicals and chemical products, such as industrial chemicals and pesticides. This collaboration saves governments and chemical producers around €150 million annually.

“Governments participating in the MAD system have confidence that chemical safety test data generated in other countries is of high quality and can be used for regulatory assessments.

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