In this week’s Chemical Watch news podcast science editor Andrew Turley, business editor Leigh Stringer and Asia desk editor David Macfarlane join global managing editor Kate Lowe to discuss three of the latest developments in global chemicals management.
Subjects under discussion include, a suggestion from the European Commission to incorporate Canadian criteria for the identification of polymers of low concern, in a framework for registering polymers developed by consultants Wood and Peter Fisk Associates on its behalf.
We also catch up with latest developments in China, and publication of the final administrative measures for registering and filing cosmetics under the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation (CSAR), which came into force on 1 January. Also a likely name change for the country’s incoming overarching chemicals law.
But first, we start with the decision of global restaurant chain McDonald’s to phase out the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from its customer packaging by 2025. The fast food retailer’s pledge follows hard on the heels of a move last month by fellow retail giant Amazon to ban various substances including PFAS from food contact materials used for its own-brand kitchen products.