product regulation Articles
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Biocidal Products Regulation - White Paper
The European Biocidal Products Regulation (Regulation (EU) No. 528/2012) stipulates that biocidal products may only be made available and used on the market if they are certified in accordance with this regulation. Unlike the previous biocidal products legislation, so-called “in-situ” procedures such as electrolysis, chlorine dioxide and ozone now also fall under this certification ...
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Canada Publishes Hazardous Products Regulation
On February 11, 2015, the Government of Canada published in Gazette II (Vol. 149, no. 3) the final regulation for adopting the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The final Hazardous Product Regulation (HPR) appears to be nearly identical to the proposed regulation published in Gazette I in August of 2014 (Vol. 148, no. 32) and is closely aligned with ...
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California Issues Draft Alternatives Assessment Analysis Guide
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has issued a draft of its Stage 1 Alternatives Analysis (AA) Guide. DTSC developed this guidance to help the regulated community conduct AA and regulatory requirements under the California Safer Consumer Products (SCP) program. Comments on the draft document can be submitted online at the SCP Information Management System (CalSafer) ...
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Trap & Treat® BOS 200® Technical Bulletin for L.U.S.T. State Regulators
Given exponential growth in the number of Trap & Treat® BOS 200® projects across the country, Remediation Products, Inc. (RPI) would like to pause a moment and share some very important information with regulators. While BOS 200® is arguably one of the fastest growing and most successful remediation products available, the role of remediation-based supplemental sampling and ...
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California Department Of Toxic Substances Control Announces New Members Of Green Ribbon Science Panel
On June 15, 2016, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) announced three new members of the Green Ribbon Science Panel (GRSP). The new members are Jack Linard, Ph.D., Personal Care Regulatory Affairs Team for Unilever North America; Elaine Cohen Hubal, Ph.D., Deputy National Program Director for EPA's Chemical Safety for Sustainability (CSS) Research Program; and Mark Nicas, ...
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Enhesa 2011 Forecast: Global Manufacturers at Risk of Product Environmental Regulations
Brussels/Washington DC (2011-02-23) - Increasing regulatory pressure requires new management approaches. Global Manufacturers are increasingly exposed to new product regulations. Environmental issues are, more than ever, making it to boardrooms. These are some of the conclusions drawn by Enhesa, a regulatory environment, health and safety (EHS) consultancy based in Brussels and Washington DC, ...
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European Union Biocidal Products Regulation and Its Impact on Industry: A Practical Briefing
The European Union (EU) Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) has entered into EU law. This legislation changes the way in which biocidal active substances and biocidal products are regulated in the EU. The new EU regulatory system differs from other global regulatory systems for biocidal substances and redefines what are considered biocidal products and treated articles. Companies competing in this ...
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CE Marking and declaration of conformity for constructed wetlands for up to 50 PT built in series exemplary explained with the initial type test of the treatment efficiency performance
Small constructed wetlands for up to 50 PT built in series are subject to two different fields of law. To place the product on the European market the construction law has to be respected and the product usually needs to be CE-marked. To operate such a plant and discharge the treated wastewater, the national water law needs to be respected and in some countries national approvals are ...
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California to Control Chemicals of Concern
California has a well-established reputation as a trendsetter, but the gargantuan state may have outdone itself with the June 23 draft regulation released from the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) for safer consumer product alternatives. The regulations are intended to implement the Green Chemistry Initiative signed into law by Gov. Schwarzenegger in ...
By Acta Group
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Promoting the growth of high quality goods and the phasing out of shoddy products
Conventional economic growth actually measures throughput, not accumulated wealth, as conventional growth measurements do not take account of the short life of goods and the loss to the economy when they are discarded. This article argues that society should be seeking growth in the quality of goods and services. This change from quantity to quality is necessary because Western industrialised ...
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Food and Drug Administration`s regulation of nanotechnology
The Food and Drug Administration is considering further implementation of the recommendations made by its Nanotechnology Task Force in July 2007. The authors of this article note that nanotechnology will be a fact of life for FDA-regulated products for years to come. They say nanotechnology is an important issue, but only one among many that FDA must address, and FDA’s limited resources must be ...
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SCPA Delays Could Impact Industry
In response to concerns expressed by diverse stakeholders over the final draft of its Safer Consumer Product Alternatives (SCPA) regulations, the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) has delayed implementation of the regulations, which focus on chemicals and chemical ingredients in consumer products. The net effect of this recent development on the regulation of chemical substances ...
By Acta Group
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Approaches to sustainable manufacturing
Topics on sustainable manufacturing, use, environmentally friendly treatment and resource recovery are currently very important issues for governments and industries worldwide. Environmental regulations for technical products currently focus on recycling ratios and prohibition of toxic materials. The concept of creating more use-productivity with less resource consumption has considerable ...
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FDA challenges dietary supplement makers on marketing of DMAA products
Abstract: The FDA, which regulates dietary supplement products and their ingredients, recently warned manufacturers of dietary supplements containing DMAA (1, 3-dimethylamylamine) for not providing evidence regarding safety of their products. The Agency thus deemed the products as 'adulterated' (as DMAA is known to cause serious side-effects) and sent warning letters to 10 manufacturing firms ...
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Talking to themselves: autoregulation and quorum sensing in fungi
Extracellular autoinducing compounds in the supernatants of microbial cultures were first ecognized for their roles in the induction of genetic competence in gram-positive bacteria 17, 94) and in the regulation of light production in marine vibrios (60). In 1994, this form of opulation-level regulation in microbes was dubbed “quorum sensing” since it enabled bacterial cells to chemically ...
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Sulfonamide artificial sweeteners in food products analysis of acesulfame, saccharin and cyclamate by HPLC with post-column derivatization
Nonnutritive sweeteners are widely used in foods and beverages. Since some studies raised questions about long-term safety of these compounds, their concentration in food products is regulated. Among the artificial sweeteners used worldwide Saccharin and Cyclamate cause most controversy and their use is restricted in many countries, including the US. Liquid chromatography is a method of choice ...
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Enclosures & the RoHS directive
While the RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) Directive regulates products in the European Union, RoHS compliance is rapidly becoming a de facto global standard that impacts US manufacturers. The RoHS Directive applies to fi nished electrical products. It does not directly regulate components, for example, electrical enclosures. However, products are assembled from components and RoHS ...
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Cytec Case Study
Cytec Industries is one of the world's leading specialty chemicals and materials companies with sales, laboratory and manufacturing locations in over 35 countries worldwide. Cytec has made safety and environment two of its top core values. The company strives to be an industry leader in setting the pace in procedures, programs, and most importantly, performance relating to safety, health, and the ...
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European Court of Justice Dismisses Case Regarding Confidential Treatment of Information Submitted to EFSA
On June 3, 2015, the General Court of the European Court of Justice issued a ruling in Luxembourg Pamol (Cyprus) Ltd. and Luxembourg Industries Ltd. (Luxembourg) vs. European Commission regarding the publication of information by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in its peer reviewed draft assessment report of potassium phosphonate that Luxembourg claimed as confidential. The case was ...
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Institutionalising cleaner production in China: the Cleaner Production Promotion Law
During the 1990s, cleaner production was introduced in China, in the beginning especially via development aid projects. From 1992 to 1997 the focus was strongly on the introduction of cleaner production methodology, the training of personnel and the implementation of demonstration projects at the enterprise level. After 1997, the emphasis shifted to cleaner production policy-making, culminating ...
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