On March 19, 2025, South Korea’s National Institute of Chemical Safety (NICS) issued Notice No. 2025-7, announcing significant amendments to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). In alignment with updated requirements under the Act on the Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) and the Chemical Substances Control Act, chrysotile-previously classified as a restricted substance-has now been upgraded to a prohibited substance. This marks a comprehensive tightening of South Korea’s regulatory controls on chrysotile-related materials.

On April 3, 2025, the European Commission formally unveiled the final REACH reform proposal at the CARACAL-54 meeting of the REACH-CLAP Joint Consultation Body. Dubbed "the most significant overhaul in European chemical regulation history," the proposal has sparked polarized reactions, with regulators emphasizing modernization while industry warns of exacerbated sectoral crises.

On 1 April, 2025, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) of the European Union issued final opinion (SCCS/1672/24) on Benzophenone -1 (CAS No. 131-56-6). The preliminary opinion on Benzophenone -1 was issued on 7 November, 2024.

Understanding FDA’s regulatory and policy is vital for the companies that are intended to export their food materials to the market of the United State. However, in recent years several companies have ceased their submitted GRAS Notice from FDA, the reasons behind need to be noted.

In order to help Korean companies that want to export cosmetic medical devices to China, the Korea Medical Device Industry Association and CIRS Group Korea will hold a seminar on the Development Trends and Registration Process for Cosmetic Medical Devices in China.

CIRS has summarized and analyzed the situation of approved TGAIs in China up to December 24, 2024. In 2024, a total of 167 TGAIs were registered, nearly matching the cumulative number of registrations over the past five years. The chlorantraniliprole got 23 registrations. Herbicides remain the top category without question. Among new active ingredients, microbial pesticides have the highest proportion. Shandong Weifang Rainbow has obtained the largest number of registrations.