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Japan Releases Updated Guidelines for Revising Standards for Substances in Food-Contact Materials

Jun-04-2025 Amendment Food contact materials MHLW Japan Positive List

On 28 May 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) released updated guidelines relating to Food-Contact Materials (FCMs) under the Food Sanitation Act. The CAA published the guidelines on its off...

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

Jun-04-2025 FCM MHLW Japan Update Guidance Positive List

Update 2: On 26 May 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) released an updated Q&A document on its portal for the Positive List for Food Contact Materials (FCMs). This time, the CAA addressed c...

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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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