Nexreg releases regulatory news educating organizations on the changes in regulations, and how to keep their industrial and consumer products compliant.
A small piece published on the New York Times website. Useful for beginners in the US: The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that business owners maintain a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for every potentially hazardous material their employees come in contact with during the course of their daily business activities. These […]
From this month’s NHPD Monthly Communiqué – 3 new monographs and 20 revised monographs. As well, a clarification to Natural Health Product advertising claims: The purpose of this article is to clarify the review of advertising claims in proposed label texts by the Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD). The NHPD reviews proposed label texts as […]
A recent release from the OEHHA: The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65 or the Act) which is codified at Health and Safety Code section 25249.5 et seq., requires the Governor to publish, and update at least annually, a list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer or […]
Recent Release from the OEHHA: Announcement of Chemicals Selected by OEHHA for Consideration for Listing by the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee and Request for Relevant Information on the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of These Chemicals: Bisphenol-A, Chlorpyrifos, Chromium, DDE, Sulfur dioxide The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) […]
Electronics Supply and Manufacturing on RoHS and REACH: The Government Relations and Environment, Health and Safety Committees of IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries have submitted comments in response to the European Commission’s request for industry participation regarding the review of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive… IPC is advocating for a full life […]
Cosmetics Design-Europe on proposed changes to EU cosmetics regs: Current EU cosmetics legislation will be amended forcing manufacturers to tighten safety assessment procedures while simplifying certain existing regulations. With particular emphasis on requirements related to product safety, the latest proposals are an attempt to update and simplify the current EU regulatory system, which was originally […]
A recently release from Health Canada announcing three document releases related to Natural Health Products: 1 – IMPORTANT NOTICE regarding the compliance date for Priority 5 natural health products: Document 1 2 – New Post Licensing Guidance Document. This new guidance document provides information on the different types of post licensing changes as well as […]
Occupational Hazards discusses OSHA in 2007. Of parricular interest is the section on GHS: Many experts are concerned OSHA’s current approach has prompted it to lag behind other countries in adopting new occupational safety and health policies and standards. A case in point is the adoption of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling […]
A press release from the American Herbal Products Association summarizes the guidance: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued two Federal Register notices to announce the availability of draft guidance documents on labeling of dietary supplements and nonprescription drugs, respectively, as required by the Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act. This law, […]
A new food safety law may be coming to China. China Daily explains: The draft food safety law submitted to China’s top legislature for first review Wednesday proposes the establishment of a State-level food safety risk evaluation committee… The draft law, to replace the existing Food Hygiene Law, also proposes a labeling system making food […]
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