Japan Releases Updated Guidelines for Revising Standards for Substances in Food-Contact Materials
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 official portal....
Read MoreJapan Launches Consultation to Collect Toxicity Data for Chemicals under CSCL
Jun-04-2025
On 29 May 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Environment (MoE), launched a public consultation to collect toxicity data on chemical substances regulated under the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL). The MoE has...
Read MoreJapan Releases further Q&A Document of Positive List for Food Contact Materials (FCM)
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...
Read MoreJapan: MHLW updates list of substances subject to labelling and SDS delivery requirements under ISHA
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...
Read MoreJapan Releases Q&A Document to Clarify Provisions of Positive List for Food Contact Materials (FCM)
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...
Read MoreJapan Publishes Safety Review Procedures for New Substances under Food Contact Regulation
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 newly...
Read MoreJapan revises notification procedure for new chemical substances under CSCL
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 new...
Read MoreJapan Adds 17 Chemicals to List of Strong Mutagens
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...
Read MoreJapan proposes to amend the Priority Assessment Chemical Substances List.
Apr-02-2025
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...
Read MoreJapan Categorizes NPE as Class II Specified Chemical Substance
Apr-02-2025
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 a...
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- Medical Device Regulation Actionable Summary
- Food Contact Material Actionable Summary - Japan
- Actionable Summary Japan 2025
- Chemicsl Saftey And Control Law Act In Japanese/english
- Cscl Enforcement Decree
- Industrail Saftey And Health Law In Japense/english
- Ishl Enforcement Decree
- Pollutant Release And Transfer Register Act
- Prtr Enforcement Decree