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Latest CHCS Newsletter: December 2024       

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Our December 2024 edition contains articles as introduced below:

End of year message from the Chair

It has been another very busy and rewarding year. CHCS attended ChemUK and presented at the event alongside BADGP. It was really good to meet many of our members there, as well as new members, and to interact with other organisations and regulators from the chemical industry.

From the Technical Officer

As is typical of this time of year, there are a number of updates and points of interest to report to members, due mainly to the breadth of topics being discussed at the December CARACAL meeting. Several important documents having been produced to support the meeting.

CHCS Working Documents: Status of GHS around the Globe and EU country specific requirements for safety data sheets

CHCS has prepared a working document outlining the status of GHS implementation globally. It is a working document, which will be updated with new information, as it becomes available.

Revised CLP Regulation published in the Official Journal

The broad update and revision to the European Union CLP Regulation, covering changes in classification, labelling specifications and many other areas of CLP, has now been published in the Official Journal.

The Health and Safety Executive issues new guidance for UK REACH registrants on the minimisation of animal testing

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), in collaboration with the Environment Agency, has produced new guidance for registrants to avoid the use of animal tests to comply with toxicological and ecotoxicological information requirements set out in Annexes 7-10 of UK REACH – The regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals.

HSE publishes annual statistics on work-related health and safety in GB

The key annual statistics (2023 to 2024) published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on work-related health and safety in Great Britain (GB) have been released. According to the information provided in the Press Release, the statistics reveal that the number of workers reported to be suffering from work-related ill health during 2023/2024 is 1.7 million, similar to the preceding reporting period 2022-2023 (1.8 million workers).

The US EPA releases updated Modelling Tool to estimate health effects from chemicals

The United States (US) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released an ‘updated and improved’ version of OncoLogic™, a modelling tool used to evaluate the potential of chemicals to cause cancer.

ECHA Enforcement Forum finds non-compliance of 35% of safety data sheets inspected

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Enforcement Forum reports 35% of safety data sheets (SDS) checked between January and December 2023 were found to be non-compliant, although compliance has improved (compared to earlier checks under other enforcement projects).

Questions on exemptions from CLP: Food and feed additives, foodstuffs and feeding stuffs

A document has been produced ahead of the CARACAL meeting (mentioned in the introduction above) regarding substances and mixtures ‘in certain forms’ that are exempt from application of the CLP Regulation.

According to Article 1(5) of CLP, EC No. 1272/2009 on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, substances and mixtures are exempted from classification and labelling if they are ‘in the finished state, intended for the final user’.

Explanatory Guide: Articles in Scope of the restriction of PFHxA, its salts and related substances (PHFHxA)

An explanatory guide has been prepared by the European Commission Technical Services to clarify articles intended to be in scope of the restriction of PFHxA, its salts and related substances (PHFHxA), in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/2462.

Interface between REACH/CLP and the ESPR

The European Commission has provided an Update on the interface between REACH/CLP and the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), relevant for chemical policy and legislation.

European Commission launches EUDR Information System

The European Commission has launched the Information System for submission of ‘due diligence’ statements required under the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

CHCS Webinars & Events

Registration is now open for:

Training Courses & Workshops

Registration is now open for our training courses for 2024 and 2025. This article lists all currently available courses.

News From Our Partners

News from the British Association of Dangerous Goods Professionals (BADGP) and the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication, based in the USA.

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