Philippines FDA Consults on GHS for Consumer Products
The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) has formulated a draft rules adopting GHS on Household and consumer products. The consultation of the draft carried out by the Philippines FDA has closed on 28 Jan 2013.

The Second Batch List of Hazardous Chemicals under Priority Management to Be Published Soon
The second batch will include 13 priority hazardous chemicals and remove Peroxyacetic acid from the draft version. What could the List of Priority Hazardous Chemicals mean to HC companies?

China’s New Cosmetics Label Rules to Take Effect since 1 July 2013
The SFDA consults on the scheme to set up a risk monitoring and early warning platform for cosmetics and health food to effectively prevent the quality and safety incidents.

MEP Updates the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China
China MEP issued the IECSC 2013 in PDF, which consists of 45,612 substances with 3,270 substances as confidential. Some new chemical substances notified under the MEP Order 17 are included into the inventory.

Greenpeace Releases English Version of MIIT 2012 List of Toxic Chemical Substitution
To expand the impact of the MIIT Official List of Substitutes to Toxic and Hazardous Substances released in Dec 2012, Greenpeace has it translated into English and make it available for industries.

MoA Approved 29 Toxicological Labs for ICAMA Registration
The MOA approved 29 toxicological testing insitutions and the facilities are allowed to conduct toxicological studies for ICAMA registration in the next five years.

MEP Releases Technical Standard for Hazardous Wastes
Recently, China MEP released a Technical specifications for collection, storage, transportation of hazardous waste (HJ 2025/2012) to effectively prevent these unwanted wastes from polluting the environment.

MEP Publishes China NCSN Statistics in the Late Half 2012
China MEP published the statistics of the China NCSN between July and December 2012 on Jan 30. During the late half 2012, 30 regular notifications, 484 scientific research record notifications and 1,928 simplified notifications have been approved.

CRC-MEP Clarifies Submission of Annual Report under China NCSN
The registration certificate holders of new chemical substances shall submit the 2012 annual report to the CRC-MEP before 1 Feb 2013. The English version of the submission guidance for the annual report is available for download.

2012, the Fruitful Year for Cosmetic Regulation Development in China
The past 2012 is the fruitful year for cosmetic regulation development in China, which has witnessed revision of vital regulations and update of ingredient inventory, labeling requirements and alternative methods.