Great Britain Proposes New Mandatory Classifications for 20 Hazardous Chemical Substances
Aug-10-2026
On 7 August 2026, the United Kingdom notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a proposal to introduce new and revised mandatory classifications and labelling requirements for 20 hazardous chemical substances...
Read MoreEU Bisphenol Restrictions for Food Contact Materials Take Effect While Great Britain Has Yet to Set an Implementation Date
Aug-07-2026
The first major compliance deadline under Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/3190 took effect on 20 July 2026, introducing new restrictions on bisphenol A (BPA) and other hazardous bisphenols in food contact materials...
Read MoreHSE Invites 2027 Export Notifications under GB PIC Regulation
Aug-03-2026
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has invited companies to start submitting export notifications for hazardous chemicals listed under the Great Britain Prior Informed Consent (GB PIC) Regulation for exports...
Read MoreUK Officially Extends UK REACH Transitional Registration Deadlines by Three Years
Jul-23-2026
The UK has adopted the REACH (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026, extending the UK REACH transitional registration deadlines by a further three years. The Regulations were made on 16 July 2026...
Read MoreHSE Publishes Risk Assessment Opinion on PFAS Firefighting Foam Restriction
Jul-14-2026
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its Risk Assessment Opinion concluding that a restriction on the placing on the market and use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...
Read MoreHSE Consults on Nine Proposed Substances of Very High Concern under UK REACH
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has opened a six-week public consultation on proposals to identify nine additional substances or groups of substances as substances of very high concern (SVHCs)...
Read MoreUK Adds First New SVHCs to Candidate List Since Brexit
Jun-16-2026
On 15 June 2026, the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE), acting as the agency responsible for the UK Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (UK REACH) Regulation, added 15...
Read MoreUK Consults on New Medical Device Requirements under Draft 2026 Regulations
Jun-08-2026
The UK's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has published the draft Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2026 and invited stakeholders to comment on the proposed changes. The draft regulations introduce...
Read MoreUK Publishes First List of GB Biocidal Active Substance Expiry Date Postponements
May-29-2026
On 26 May 2026, the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced the first group of active substance/product-type combinations whose approval expiry dates have been postponed under recent amendments to the...
Read MoreUK Notifies POPs Regulation Amendment to Implement Stockholm Convention Obligations
May-05-2026
On 29 April 2026, the United Kingdom notified the World Trade Organization of a draft statutory instrument amending Annex I of the assimilated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/1021)....
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