INTERNATIONAL
UN issues sixth GHS “purple book”
ICH issues addendum to M7 guidelines
ICH classifies solvents: trimethylamine and methyl isobutyl ketone
JECFA summary and conclusions on food additives
OECD reports on nanomaterials
EUROPE
REACH…
…Updated guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment (IR&CSA)
…Guidance on substance identification for complex natural substances
…Applications for authorisation
…Other items of interest
Classification and labelling…
…Proposals for harmonised classification and labelling
Swedish opinion on the risk assessment of chemical mixtures
EFSA dietary reference values (DRVs) for magnesium and phosphorus
EFSA flavouring group evaluation
EFSA draft assessment reports (DARs) on three pesticides
EFSA concludes on thifensulfuron-methyl
SCCS opinions on hair dye ingredients
EMA releases background reviews on two excipients used in pharmaceuticals
Herbal product assessments from EMA
Swedish consensus reports on workplace chemical
DECOS evaluates reproductive toxicity of uranium and related compound
RIVM report on probit functions for acute inhalation toxicity
RIVM investigates the health risks of e-cigarettes
UNITED KINGDOM
Public Health England issues report on e-cigarettes
SACN finalises report on carbohydrates and health
UNITED STATES
EPA releases initial assessment on three classes of flame retardants
EPA finalises PPRTV documents for two compounds
FDA accepts GRAS status for more food ingredients
REST OF THE WORLD
Canadian agencies review phthalates
TGA final decisions on chemicals
NICNAS releases reports on several industrial substances…
…and reassesses two others
NICNAS review of butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP)
NHMRC finalises information paper on lead
APVMA issues public release summary on cyazofamid