Nexreg releases regulatory news educating organizations on the changes in regulations, and how to keep their industrial and consumer products compliant.
In the European Union (EU), the main legislation for governing chemicals is the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals, commonly known as REACH Regulation, 2006. The Regulation allows manufacturers and importers in the EU to submit a registration for their chemical substances and for products containing chemical substances. Unlike REACH, the Toxic […]
The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), is an agreed-upon system that was created by the United Nations in 1992. One critical aspect of the GHS adoption is the ability to improve the overall employee comprehension of any critical safety information. When the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) […]
In only the mid-way point of 2016, The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), has already broken the 2015 record for the amount of civil penalties. So far this year, the CPSC has negotiated in excess of $23 million in civil penalty settlements, which is already $5.3 million dollars more than the whole of […]
The Non-Domestic Substances List (NDSL), is a list of substances that are “new” to Canada. The substances on the list are also subject to lesser notification, and assessment requirements when they’re either manufactured or imported into Canada in quantities that are above 1000 Kg per year. The following eight substances were added to […]
As a result of Friday’s Referendum, The United Kingdom (UK) has voted to leave the European Union. The referendum, commonly known now as “Brexit”, will have some consequences when it comes to the compliance with the EU chemicals. Contractual Arrangements Many companies that are based within the UK have been very involved […]
Consultants in South Korea are urging all overseas manufacturers to submit their reports and information before the June 30, 2016 deadline. This is the first year that reports are due following South Korea’s implementation of K-REACH on January 1, 2015. Korea REACH, commonly known as K-REACH, is the Act of Registration and Evaluation of […]
Yesterday, with the Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) in attendance, President Obama finally signed the long-awaited legislation to reform the 40-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act. Signed at 11:30 am, The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, will give the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), more power to regulate chemicals that entered […]
November 2016, will mark 30 years since California’s Proposition 65 became law. The law was created to notify consumers about chemicals that are known to cause cancers, have birth defects, or cause reproductive harm. However, many are now arguing that what was supposed to be a public health statute has now become a payday […]
The European Commission Publishes Chemicals Legislation Roadmaps. In May of this year, the European Commission published two evaluation and fitness check roadmaps. The roadmaps were created to assist the EU Commission to not only serve as the evidence for the chemicals stock-taking report referenced in the 2014 Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme, but also […]
It is expected that Turkey will pass a modified version of REACH later in the year. Since 2005, Turkey has been aiming to align its chemical regulatory system to that of the EU’s for many years now. However, due to elections last year, the 2015 deadline had some delays. But the Turkish Ministry is […]
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