30 December 2011
The United States regulate and control the chemical safety at different stages of the chemical product lifecycle. Three US main competent authorities take responsibilities for the regulation of chemicals in phrases of R&D, manufacture, transport, consumption and disposal. They are Occupational Safety & Health Administration1, Department of Transport and Consumer Product Safety Commission. Two federal agencies are responsible for specific product-related registrations or notifications. They are Environmental Protection Agency which regulates pesticides and Food and Drug Administration which regulate food, drugs and cosmetics.
The first law that regulated the safety management of dangerous chemicals in China came into being in 1987 when the so-called Regulations of Chemical Dangerous Goods Safety Management took effect on 2 February. After 15 years' constant legal improvement, the State Economic and Trade Commission published on 2nd March 2002 a new regulation Decree No. 344 based on the 1987 law. However, due to the reform of governmental institutions and rapid development of hazardous chemical industry over the first 2010s decade, Decree No. 344 began falling short of the practical situation of Chin's hazardous chemical industry.
The 3rd International Chemical Regulation REACH Workshop 2011 has been successfully held in Hangzhou, China on 29-30 November. Chaired by REACH24H and the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF), the workshop demonstrates over 200 delegates a panoramic view about the new/existing chemicals legislation and GHS-related implementing progress over the world’s three economic entities, the European Union, the North America and East Asia. New thoughts and frontier research on chemical regulation strategy and industry compliance have met here with the chemical regulation institution of domestic China.
