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Japan proposes to amend the Priority Assessment Chemical Substances List 

Feb-14-2025 CSCL Database METI MHLW Ministry of Environment MOE Japan Update Priority Assessment Chemical Substances PACS

On 12 February 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Environment (MoE), together with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released a joint dr...

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Japan revises the Priority Assessment Chemicals list and Monitoring Procedures for FY2024

Feb-11-2025 CSCL Database METI MHLW Priority substances Ministry of Environment MOE Japan Priority Assessment Chemical Substances PACS Monitoring Procedures

On 7 February 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Environment (MOE), released a ...

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Japan Releases Q and A Document to Clarify Provisions of Positive List for Food Contact Materials

Feb-11-2025 FCM Food contact materials MHLW Japan Update Positive List

On 6 February 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) published a Q&A document on its portal to clarify the provisions of a Positive List for Food Contact Materials (FCMs). The Positive List is ...

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Japan Amends Import Customs Clearance Procedures under CSCL – Effective February 2025 

Feb-11-2025 Amendment CSCL Import/export restrictions METI Japan Update UV-328 Methoxychlor Dechlorane Plus

On February 6, 2025, the updated import customs clearance procedure for chemicals under the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL) was made available on the official portal of Japan's Ministry of ...

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Japan publishes English version of GHS Classified Chemicals for FY 2022

Jan-31-2025 Database GHS METI MHLW Ministry of Environment MOE Japan Update Hazard Classification and Labelling

On 23 January 2025, Japan’s National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) published the English version of the list of 169 chemicals classified according to the provisions of the Globally ...

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Japan Adds Cosmetic Ingredients to NITE-CHRIP Database

Jan-31-2025 Database Inventory MHLW Cosmetic ingredients Japan Update Cosmetic Ingredient Restrictions Cosmetic Ingredients Limits

On 10 January 2025, Japan’s National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) added ingredients used in cosmetics to the country’s Chemical Risk Information Platform (NITE-CHRIP). As a govern...

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Japan Updates Food Additive Standards under Food Sanitation Act

Jan-31-2025 Amendment MHLW WTO Food Additives Japan

Update: On 30 January 2025, the Japanese government notified the WTO that the proposed revisions to food additive standards under the Food Sanitation Act became effective on 23 January 2025.    ...

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