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Jan 14, 2016

ECHA Releases Updated Guidance Document on REACH for Use Description

EUROPEAN UNION - The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has released an updated version of Chapter R.12 of the Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment (IR&CSA)…

Jan 14, 2016

FDA Announces New Office for Regulating Dietary Supplements

UNITED STATES - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the creation of the Office of Dietary Supplement Programs (ODSP) as an official division under the Office of Nutrition…

Jan 14, 2016

FDA says Paper Box Chemicals No Longer Considered Safe for Contact with Food

UNITED STATES - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the publication of a final rule in the Federal Register banning Diethanolamine salts of mono- and bis phosphates,…

Jan 14, 2016

FSIS Issues New Guidance for Poultry Processors to Control Salmonella, Campylobacter Hazards

UNITED STATES - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recently issued “FSIS Compliance Guideline for Controlling Salmonella and Campylobacter in Raw…

Jan 14, 2016

JRC Releases Report on Lead Release from Crystal Ware

EUROPEAN UNION - The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has released a report entitled “Scoping Investigations on the Release of Metals from Crystalware,” in support of a…

Jan 14, 2016

MEP Releases New Chemical Notification Software

CHINA - China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection’s Solid Waste and Chemical Management Centre (MEP-SCC) has launched a website for easier notification of new chemical substances in the…

Jan 14, 2016

New York Counties Update

UNITED STATES - At the end of 2015, two counties in New York had further action on their laws banning chemicals in toys and children’s products. Albany County, NY On December…

Jan 14, 2016

NHFPC Releases Draft Standard for Food Contact Materials

CHINA - China National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) has released draft standard “GB 31604.1-2015 – The general rules for migration test of food contact materials and…

Jan 14, 2016

OEHHA Announces New Chemicals Listed under Proposition 65

UNITED STATES - The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is listing the following new chemicals under Proposition 65 of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic…

Jan 14, 2016

President Obama Signs into Law the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015

UNITED STATES - The Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015 (H.R.1321), passed by the U.S. Senate December 18, 2015, was signed by President Obama and became Public Law No. 114-114 on December 28…

Jan 14, 2016

U.S. Senate Approves TSCA Reform Bill

UNITED STATES - The U.S. Senate has passed Bill S.697, also known as the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, to provide updates to the Toxic Substances Control Act…

Jan 14, 2016

Vermont Delays Online Reporting System Toxic Substances in Children’s Products

UNITED STATES - The Vermont Department of Health has delayed the online reporting system for the final rule for toxic substances in children’s products. The final rule specifies that…

Jan 14, 2016

ZDHC Issues MRSL for Leather

INTERNATIONAL - The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) group has issued a new version of its Manufacturing Restricted Substance List (MRSL) to include a new labeling of leather…

Jan 14, 2016

ZDHC Programme Releases Findings of Textile Industry Wastewater Quality Review

INTERNATIONAL - The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Programme released its review of wastewater discharge guidance in the current textile industry. The research gathered shows…

Jan 13, 2016

Japan Announces updates to IEC 60601 3rd edition transition

In Bulletin No. 201 505 issued October 13, 2015, JFMDA announced a 5-year transition between JIS T0601-1, the equivalent of IEC 60601-1:2005 (3nd edition) to IEC 60601-1:2005 with Amendment…

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Jan 12, 2016

Medical Alerts Reimagined with IoT Technology

More manufacturers are designing safety and security into their IoT devices from the start, and many organizations are turning to UL to tap its expertise in these areas. In some cases,…

Jan 12, 2016

Wear It Well: UL Suggests Manufacturers Try On a Comprehensive Testing Strategy

Today’s wearable technologies — from eyeglasses that surf the Internet to bracelets that monitor bodily functions — are just the tip of the iceberg of what is to come: the worldwide market…

Jan 11, 2016

Visit UL at Spielwarenmesse – Nuremberg (Germany) January 27 - February 1, 2016

Nuremberg Exhibition Center Messezentrum 1 90471 Nuremberg, Germany EVENT URL VENUE URL UL testing experts will be on hand at Spielwarenmesse 2016, the…

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Jan 4, 2016

‘There’s Something Fishy Going On’

When you sit down at a restaurant to enjoy a seafood entrée or travel to the grocery store to purchase fish, how do you know it’s the fresh catch you think it is? Is it hake instead of cod?…

Dec 26, 2015

You’re invited: Save up to 50% on UL’s AM Training Courses

To celebrate the opening of the UL Additive Manufacturing Competency Center (AMCC), UL invites you to attend AM Training Program courses at a discount of up to 50% on individual course…

Feature Stories

ECHA Releases Updated Guidance Document on REACH for Use Description

FDA Announces New Office for Regulating Dietary Supplements

FDA says Paper Box Chemicals No Longer Considered Safe for Contact with Food

FSIS Issues New Guidance for Poultry Processors to Control Salmonella, Campylobacter Hazards

JRC Releases Report on Lead Release from Crystal Ware

MEP Releases New Chemical Notification Software

New York Counties Update

NHFPC Releases Draft Standard for Food Contact Materials

OEHHA Announces New Chemicals Listed under Proposition 65

President Obama Signs into Law the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015

U.S. Senate Approves TSCA Reform Bill

Vermont Delays Online Reporting System Toxic Substances in Children’s Products

ZDHC Issues MRSL for Leather

ZDHC Programme Releases Findings of Textile Industry Wastewater Quality Review

Japan Announces updates to IEC 60601 3rd edition transition

Medical Alerts Reimagined with IoT Technology

Wear It Well: UL Suggests Manufacturers Try On a Comprehensive Testing Strategy

Visit UL at Spielwarenmesse – Nuremberg (Germany) January 27 - February 1, 2016

‘There’s Something Fishy Going On’

You’re invited: Save up to 50% on UL’s AM Training Courses

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