South Korea to revise the standard for the Regulations on Safety Standards for Cosmetics

On 7th November 2023, the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) released a notification regarding the partial revision of the Regulations on Safety Standards for Cosmetics, etc. In...

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South Korea partially revises the Regulations on Classification and Labelling of Chemicals

On November 17, 2023, the National Institute for Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea published a partial amendment to the “Regulations on Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.” This amendment will take...

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South Korea partially revises the Notice of Designation of Toxic Substances

On November 17, 2023, the National Institute for Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea published a partial amendment to the “Notice of Designation of Toxic Substances.” This amendment will take effect...

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South Korea: Emergency approval of 8 bedbug insecticides by NIER

On November 10, 2023, the head of the National Institute for Environmental Research (NIER, Director Geum Han-Seung) under the Ministry of Environment (MoE) announced that it would urgently approve eight products...

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South Korea partially revises the subordinate laws of the Chemical Substances Control Act.

On October 4, 2023, the Chemical Safety Management Team of the Ministry of Environment (MoE) published a “Notice of Revision of the Subordinate Laws of the Chemical Substances Control Act”.  The...

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South Korea notifies the draft partial amendment of the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances to the WTO.

On October 31, 2023, the South Korean Ministry of Environment (MoE) notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft partial amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Registration...

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South Korea notifies the draft partial amendment of the Enforcement Rule of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances to the WTO.

On October 31, 2023, the South Korean Ministry of Environment (MoE) notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the draft partial amendment to the Enforcement Rule of the Act on Registration...

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South Korea publishes the Animal Testing Method Guidelines for Cosmetics

The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced a new guideline for animal testing on October 18, 2023, entitled Guideline of Alternative Animal Testing Methods for Cosmetics: Eye...

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Deadline Approaching for MSDS Submission in South Korea.

Companies in South Korea that manufacture or import 10 to 100 tonnes of chemicals per year are required to submit their Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) to the MSDS portal before...

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South Korea announces the results of "Monitoring of the implementation status of MSDS in 2023".

The Ministry of Employment and Labor (MoEL) announced the results of the "Monitoring of the Implementation Status of Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) in 2023" (220 locations, from July 10 to...

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