Non-food legislation – June 2025

Hazardous substances - rules and regulations in the EU
SGS reports that the EU has published Regulation (EU) 2025/1090 to revise Annex XVII of REACH. The regulation adds two substances to the list of restricted chemicals.
The Council and the EP have reached a provisional agreement on the update of the regulation on detergents. Among other things, the update would improve information on the label and make this information more digitally available.
The Council and the EP have also reached a provisional agreement on the OSOA (one substance one assessment) package. The reform is part of the 2020 EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. The OSOA package creates a common platform that integrates existing databases and offers a 'one-stop shop' for chemical data from EU agencies and the Commission. It enables knowledge sharing from one legislative area to another and mandates the systematic collection of human biomonitoring data to inform policymakers about chemical exposure levels.
ECHA has announced a new release of the IUCLID software.

Hazardous substances - rules and regulations in the UK
SGS reports that the government has published UK SI 2025/605, removing the prohibition of dechlorane plus (DP) and UV-328 from the POPs Regulation for GB.

Pharmaceutical legislation in the EU
The Council has agreed its position on the revision of the EU's pharmaceutical legislation. The revision includes proposals for a new directive and a new regulation, which would replace the existing pharmaceutical legislation, including the legislation on medicines for children and for rare diseases.

Research
FPF reports on a study led by Southeast University researchers demonstrating that exposure to starch-based microplastics, blended with PLA, can result in several health issues for mice. Upon long-term exposure (three months), microplastics were present in the liver, intestines, and ovaries, where they led to structural damage. The study (abstract) is published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
A review from Murdoch University shows that agricultural soils hold around 23 times more microplastics than oceans. Both microplastics and nanoplastics were found in lettuce, wheat and carrot crops. The review examines their primary sources and assesses their effects. It also highlights the role of microplastics as carriers of hazardous additives and pollutants. The study (4.86 MB) is published in Environmental Sciences Europe.
 

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