ECHA: 69% Of 2010 REACH Dossiers Noncompliant Among 5% Checked
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The European Chemicals Agency urges stakeholders to put the outcome of its compliance checks in perspective, as it targeted dossiers submitted against the 2010 REACH deadline based on initial screenings that identified possible shortcomings. Data regarding substance identification/composition and rationales for missing safety information were often insufficient in dossiers it examined, ECHA says.
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