Business operations come with a myriad of regulations to ensure safety and compliance, especially when dealing with hazardous substances. In Texas, the Hazardous Substances Act, outlined in Health and Safety Code, chapter 501, mandates specific registration requirements for manufacturers of hazardous substances distributed within the state. Understanding the Law The Texas Hazardous Substances Act […]
Comprehensive changes aimed at strengthening hazard communication and safety measures. In a significant stride towards bolstering chemical safety and hazard communication, Brazil has been gearing up for the implementation of the United Nations (UN) Globally harmonized system of classification and labelling chemicals (GHS) revision 7. On July 3rd, 2023, The Brazil Association of Technical Standards […]
In early 2023, the Government of Canada published amendments to the Hazardous Products Regulations (HPR) to incorporate elements of the 7th and 8th revisions of United Nation’s Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). The amendments to the HPR are meant to address issues with the previous HPR requirements, to improve […]
June 28, 2023 REACH-EN-FORCE The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Enforcement Forum recently announced that it will be launching another EU-wide project to inspect products sold online and their compliance with REACH restrictions and the Classification, Labelling, and Packaging (CLP) regulation. The project, REACH-EN-FORCE (REF)-13, will be prepared in 2024 and will take place in 2025, […]
From: CBC News Bisphenol A, or BPA, a chemical used to make some hard plastic containers and toys, has formally been declared a toxic substance by Canadian authorities…The federal government added BPA to Canada’s toxic substances list on Wednesday. There is no smoking gun indicating how dangerous BPA is, but the evidence is adding up, […]
In late 2022, the European Commission released a proposal to incorporate three new hazards classes into the EU CLP: endocrine disruptors, PBT/vPvB chemicals, and PMT/vPvM chemicals. The proposal has now been accepted and was published in a Delegated Act in early 2023. The new hazard classes have just entered into force on April 20, 2023, […]
If you are a chemical supplier selling a product into Canada and the United States and are hoping to simplify your hazard communication, combined OSHA-WHMIS labelling may be an option for you. To reduce the regulatory burden on stakeholders in the Canada and US markets, the Canada-United States (U.S.) Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) works in […]
On March 22nd, 2023, the European Commission published a proposal outlining criteria against misleading environmental claims found on product labels. Background In March 2022 the Commission proposed to update Union consumer laws to ensure that consumers are protected and empowered to contribute actively to the green transition. However, despite the proposal the update has been […]
On February 28, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration announced its removal of cosmetic regulation out of the Centre for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and into the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS). The new move is in response to the December 2022 omnibus bill enacted under the U.S. Federal Food, Drug, and […]
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances also known as PFAS are a large, complex group of synthetic chemicals that have been used in consumer products around the world since the 1950s. PFAS are widespread and can be found in everyday products such as drinking water, soil, cookware, and multi-purpose packaging paper. Additionally, because of their persistence and […]