ASEAN Chemical Regulatory Cooperation Workshop – November 15-16, 2021

30 participants from Malaysia comprising regulators (DOSH, DOE, KASA & Standards Malaysia) and CICM members participated in the virtual workshop hosted by Singapore. It featured updates on the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), a panel discussion on chemical management regulations & technical barriers and discussions on GHS alignment and practices among ASEAN countries. Capacity building on product risk assessment was also conducted, as well as explored ideas from industry and regulators on introduction of new work items by ARCP; such as guidance for product risk assessment and new substance notification. ASEAN member states also shared developments of their chemicals management regulations during the 2-day virtual workshop.