As we mentioned in Health Canada Cracking Down on Non Compliant Labels a number of products have been recalled for non-compliance with CCCR-2001 and the cosmetics regulations. We have identified 36 sets of products that have been recalled for label violations in 2008 and 2009. Jul. 2009: toilet bowl cleaner (lacking child-resistant container) May 2009: […]
Spray Technology and Marketing magazine has an informative article writen by Health Canada on the subject of CCCR regulations. This in particular caught our eye: Enforcement: Audit In order to verify that the classification process was completed, Health Canada’s Product Safety Officers will routinely monitor the marketplace for chemical products. An officer may, at any […]
From Paint.org: Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski on July 23 signed into law NPCA/FSCT-sponsored post-consumer paint stewardship pilot legislation. The bill, House Bill 3037, provides for the establishment of a manufacturer/producer-managed product stewardship program, as framed by NPCA/FSCT. Passage of the law is a major victory for NPCA/FSCT, culminating more than five years’ effort promoting a […]
From The Daily Herald: But Illinois’ new regulations should make those guidelines less important. Low VOC paints are now mandated, with a few exceptions, and all of the large paint companies (Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore and Pittsburgh Paints) have opted to also offer paints totally free of VOCs… “California set the standard and nine states in […]
From The Sacramento Bee: The $28 billion styrene industry has filed a lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court to block California environmental officials from listing the product as a cause of cancer and birth defects… The spokesman, Joe Walker, said the Proposition 65 warning “would foster the potential for alarmist reports over nothing” and “be very […]
From ICIS.com: In 1998, Directive 98/8/EC on the market placement of biocidal products was adopted, with the member states having to transpose the rules by May 14, 2000 into national law. The aim of the BPD is to harmonize the market for biocidal products and their active substances, while providing a high level of protection […]
A short piece from MarineLog: Other SOLAS amendments adopted, with an expected entry into force date of January 1, 2011, include an amendment to prohibit all new installations of asbestos on board ships, without exceptions; and an amendment to require material safety data sheets (MSDS) to be provided for ships carrying oil or oil fuel, […]
From Life Science Reader: According to KPMG, some experts have suggested that compliance with REACH may cost several billion euros. “We are really only finding out about the costs of REACH now,” explains Dr. Joanne Lloyd, Ph.D., of the information provider REACHReady (www.reachready.co.uk), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chemical Industries Association. “The ECHA [European […]
From Marketwire: New regulations announced today will reduce Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) in automotive refinishing products. VOCs found in these products contribute to the creation of smog, which is harmful to both human health and the environment… The regulations introduce VOC concentration limits for 14 categories of coatings and surface cleaners, which are used for […]
From CommonDreams.org: NRDC filed its lawsuit in California Superior Court in Alameda County against 16 retailers and manufacturers including Petsmart, PetCo, and Petstore.com, for failing to comply with California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, known as Proposition 65, which prohibits businesses from knowingly exposing consumers without proper warning to any chemical “known to […]