China consults on six guidelines for assessing cosmetic safety under CSAR
China’s National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC) published on 10 April six draft technical guidelines to support cosmetic safety assessments under the overarching Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulations (CSAR). Two of the guidelines are...
UK EPR – Labelling Update
At the Business Readiness Forum (BRF) on 11 April 2024, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) provided a verbal update on mandatory recyclability labelling, which is being introduced by UK Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). The...
Lithuania to strengthen chemicals legislation to align with EU
Lithuania’s environment ministry has proposed a draft law to better align the EU member state with trade bloc rules on chemicals managed under REACH, CLP, POPs and more. The government endorsed the draft ‘law on chemical substances and chemical mixtures’ on 14...