A recent article on foodproductiondaily.com: WHO sets out European food safety action plan: At a 19 September meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, WHO will present its second action plan on food safety and nutritional polices for Europe. It will then be up to the individual countries to implement the policies, which will affect how processors operate. […]
We thought our clients in the New York State area might be interested in this – DEC to Hold Workshop for New York Businesses to Learn about New European Union Chemical Management System: The workshop being held on September 26 at DEC headquarters in Albany will focus on the European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and […]
Another useful primer on REACH – this one from WorldChanging.com: REACH (the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals law) has started in Europe, and it will fundamentally change the game for industry’s use of materials and chemicals. RoHS was just a dry-run; REACH is the real deal. I recently attended a webinar by Design Chain […]
A very short piece from Dubai: Mercury found in cosmetics: Dubai inspectors have discovered high rates of mercury in skin-whitening and freckle creams that carry a ‘made in the US’ label, reports Emirates Today. The emirate began lab testing cosmetics two years ago because many general trading companies were selling the items. Officials are conducting […]
A press release from Crop Life Canada: Leaked Liberal pesticide plan – bad public policy, says CropLife Canada: The Ontario Liberals’ leaked election promise to ban the use of lawn and garden pest control products on a province-wide basis would be both unnecessary and costly if it were to become law, says CropLife Canada. “Banning […]
The Dundas Star News provides a good primer on pesticide law in Canada: Known by its acronym WHMIS, the program also sets rules for warning labels of chemicals and establishes a worker’s right to know details of the chemicals they use. But the federal government, through a division of Health Canada, and the Ontario Ministry […]
From the EPA’s High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program: The US, Canada, and Mexico will work together to ensure the safe manufacture and use of industrial chemicals. The partnership will be built on EPA’s ongoing efforts to study and characterize the risks of chemicals that are produced in high volumes. The US is committing to […]
We suspect this will be of interest to our clients in the EU: The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) has launched a 12 week consultation on the proposed European Regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals, based on the United Nation’s Globally Harmonised System (GHS). The Regulation, which is currently being negotiated by […]
In Feds to review legislation on importing goods the Canadian Press indicates that the Canadian government is considering changes to the Hazardous Products Act: Health Minister Tony Clement says the Canadian government is putting together a plan to deal with counterfeit and dangerous imported products. Clement told a meeting of the Canadian Medical Association on […]
The Ledbury Reporter is the latest to get on the “REACH will be expensive” bandwagon: UNCERTAINTY and confusion about new regulations about the use of chemicals is causing major problems for businesses, according to the Chamber of Commerce Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The regulations come from a European directive known as REACH (regulation, evaluation and authorisation […]