From Canada’s Ministry of Natural Resources, and recently printed in the Canada Gazette. The full text of the regulations is available here. A few key details: What it covers: The following components of an explosive are prescribed for the purpose of the definition “restricted component” in section 2 of the Act: (a) ammonium nitrate in […]
From the IUCLID5 website: A plugin is an extension of the IUCLID 5 application. The pre-registration plugin adds the functionality of creating single and bulk pre-registration XML files in a format, which can be submitted to the European Chemicals Agency. You need to install the IUCLID 5 application in order to make use of this […]
From Health Canada – three new Natural Health Products monographs: California Poppy L-Tyrosine New Single Ingredient Monograph – Lemon Balm Nexreg provides government registration services – for more information see: Government Registrations. To speak to a Nexreg representative about government registrations, please call or e-mail Nexreg at: Nexreg Toll Free: 1-866-361-3032 E-mail:info@nexreg.com
Another article of the “some industries are not prepared for REACH variety”. This one has to do with the printing industry. From Printweek.com: “The printing industry is a relatively heavy user of chemicals in terms of the number of substances, because inks and printing agents are preparations using many different substances. If a chemical does […]
The OEHHA has proposed some “changes without regulatory effect: OEHHA is proposing to move the Proposition 65 regulations from Title 22 to Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR). In 1987 the original lead agency for implementation of Proposition 65 regulations was the Health and Welfare Agency. For this reason, the Proposition 65 […]
A recent release from the OEHHA: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposes to establish a specific regulatory level posing no significant risk for ethylbenzene and amend Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Section 12705(b)… Any written statements or arguments regardless of the form or method of transmission […]
A recent release from the OEHHA: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposes to establish a specific regulatory level posing no significant risk for C.I. Direct Blue 218 and amend Title 22, California Code of Regulations., Section 12705(b)… This amendment to section 12705(b) would adopt the following No […]
An excellent introductory article on REACH in Guardian Unlimited: The lack of awareness in this case pertains to the Reach chemicals legislation (all 850 pages of it). Reach stands for the far less punchy “Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals”. These regulations are considerably more interesting than they sound, having been described as the […]
A large number of changes, as listed in Regulations Amending the Patented Medicines Regulations, 1994 – click on the link to see the full amendment.
From Order 2007-66-12-01 Amending the Domestic Substances List : AMENDMENT 1. Part 1 of the Domestic Substances List (see footnote 1) is amended by adding the following in numerical order: 1344-57-6 7783-81-5 102424-23-7 Further additions with: Order 2007-87-12-01 Amending the Domestic Substances List: Part 1 of the Domestic Substances List (see footnote 1) is amended […]