The McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P./Technology Sciences Group Inc. International Environmental Monitor provides companies doing business around the world with notice of important regulatory, technical, and enforcement policy developments concerning chemicals, pesticides, drugs, and related products in North America, Europe, Asia, and elsewhere. Relevant international developments also are reported.
Articles in this Issue:
EUROPEAN UNION DEVELOPMENTS
EU SCPH votes Against Three Pesticides
Environmental Review of PVC in the EU
The Netherlands Issues Warning Letters for Unauthorized Use of Pesticides
EJC Ruling Potentially Dangerous for Carcinogenic Chemicals
EC Rejects Belgium's Request to Ban Organostannic Compounds
Non-Transposition of the Major Hazards Directive Results in Court Actions
Dutch Court Overrules CTB-Ban on Allethrin-Based Mosquito Vaporizers
NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENTS
EPA to Consider Implementing Pesticide Production Caps
EPA Proposes Time Extension for B.t Corn and B.t Cotton Registrations
Continued Role for Pesticides Seen
New Chemicals Program Adds Three New Chemical Categories of Concern
HPV Chemical Testing Update
Electronic Submission Guideline Documents Issued
Changes in the Regulation of Genetically Modified Food
CEC Reevaluates Draft Regional Action Plan for Lindane
HPV Chemicals Testing Update
EPA Publishes Draft National Action Plan for Octachlorostyrene
Endocrine Disruptor Update
EPA Issues Two PAIR Rules
EAB Interprets "Offer for Sale" and Limits Equitable Defenses to FIFRA Liability
OSHA Finalizes Self-Audit Policy
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
WHO Classification Guidelines Updated
Canada to Declare Formaldehyde Toxic
Australia and New Zealand to Label Genetically Modified Foods
Voluntary Pollution Reduction Falls Short in Canada
Deadlock on Mixtures Stalls Globally Harmonized Classification System
Canada to Limit Production and Importation of Suspected Toxins
Nations Sign Biosafety Protocol
FOOD & DRUG DEVELOPMENTS
Court of Appeals Overturns Decision on Phamanex's Cholestin
Appeals Court Strikes Down HACCP-Based Inspections
Understanding Electronic Signatures Law
Uniform Electronic Transactions Law Enacted
Food and Drug Practice in Brussels Publishes Article on EU Regulation of Drugs/Devices
Indemnification Agreements in Chemical Trials
GAO Weighs in on Reprocessing of Single Use Devices
FDA Issues ICH GMP Draft Guidance for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
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