Environmental Regulatory Update in ASEAN

Ministry of Labour of Thailand Published a Ministerial Regulation on Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Management of Machinery, Cranes and Boilers

24 Sep 2021

On August 6, 2021, the Ministry of Labour of Thailand promulgated "Ministerial Regulation: Standardizations of Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental Management and Operation for Machines, Cranes and Boilers B.E. 2564 (2021)" in the official government gazette. The old ministerial regulation was enacted in B.E. 2552 (2009) and has been abolished and replaced by the new ministerial regulation, which sets standards for safety management in the use of machinery in the workplace.

FDA is open for a public hearing on “(Draft) Criteria, Conditions and Guidelines for Evaluating the Recycled Plastic Processing and Recycled Plastic Pellets Safety for Food Contact Materials.”

15 Sep 2021

the Food Division, under the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is under consideration to update the notification of the Ministry of Public Health on determining the quality or standard of plastic containers. The key issue is to review the approval of plastic containers made from recycled plastic pellets. The safety of recycled plastic containers comes from the efficiency of the plastic recycling process. Countries with credible regulatory frameworks have guidelines for allowing containers made from recycled plastic. With this reason, there must be an efficient assessment of the plastic recycling process and the safety of recycled plastics. This is to ensure that the recycling process used can eliminate the contaminants from the misuse of used plastics as a recycled feedstock.

Decision on the registration of chemical agents, importation, exportation and transit was announced by Ministry of Industrial and Commerce of Lao People's Democratic Republic

28 Jan 2021

The Department of Industrial Works (DIW), Ministry of Industry of Thailand, organized a seminar about the latest policy development on chemical management at the Eastin Grand Hotel Sathorn on 8 December 2020.

DIW updates a chemical management policy development

15 Dec 2020

Ministerial Regulation on Communal toxic or hazardous solid waste management B.E. 2563 (2020).

1 Nov 2020

On October 22, 2020, Government Gazette website recently published “Ministerial Regulation: Communal toxic or hazardous solid waste management B.E. 2563 (2020).” The 12-page regulation covers additional definitions on communal toxic or hazardous solid waste management

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