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Japan: MHLW updates list of substances subject to labelling and SDS delivery requirements under ISHA

May-26-2025 ISHL Labelling MHLW Regulatory Updates Safety data sheets (SDSs) Enforcement Japan

On 16 May 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) published the revised list of compounds and mixtures that required labelling and safety data sheets (SDS). The list is availabl...

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Japan Releases Q&A Document to Clarify Provisions of Positive List for Food Contact Materials (FCM)

May-15-2025 MHLW update Japan Guidance Positive List

Update: On 14 May 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) published a revised Q&A document on its portal to further clarify the provisions of a Positive List for Food Contact Materials (FCMs). T...

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Japan Publishes Safety Review Procedures for New Substances under Food Contact Regulation

May-15-2025 FCM New substances Regulatory Updates Japan Consumer Safety Positive List

On 14 May 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) published safety review procedures for new substances used in food contact materials (FCMs) on the portal. These procedures primarily focus on n...

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Japan revises notification procedure for new chemical substances under CSCL

May-09-2025 Chemical notification/ registration METI MHLW Ministry of Environment MOE Japan Update

Update: On 1 April 2025, Japan’s MHLW, METI and MOE jointly published the revised manual for the methods, procedures, and documents to be submitted for notification and application procedures for ne...

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Japan Adds 17 Chemicals to List of Strong Mutagens

Apr-22-2025 Database Inventory ISHL MHLW Japan Human Health Concerns

On 10 April 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) updated its list of chemicals identified as strong mutagens on the Workplace Safety Site. With this update, MHLW added 17 new...

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Japan proposes to amend the Priority Assessment Chemical Substances List

Apr-02-2025 CSCL METI MHLW Regulatory Updates Ministry of Environment MOE Enforcement Japan Priority Assessment Chemical Substances PACS

Update: On 31 March and 1 April 2025, based on toxicity assessment data submitted by companies, the ministries decided to revoke the PAC designation of six chemicals and one chemical respectively list...

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Japan Categorizes NPE as Class II Specified Chemical Substance

Apr-02-2025 CSCL METI MHLW Regulatory Updates Ministry of Environment MOE Enforcement Japan Class II Specified Substances Priority Assessment Chemical Substances PACS

Update: On 1 April 2025, based on toxicity assessment data submitted by companies, the ministries decided to revoke the PAC designation of NPE (polyoxyethylene nonylphenyl ether) and reclassify it as ...

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