On 12 April 2013, Japan MHLW notified WTO 5 new substances to be designated under the Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law (PDSCL), which is expected to be adopted on 1 July 2013 and enter into force since 15 of that month.
These newly designated 5 substances are shown as below:
Poisonous Substance |
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Deleterious Substance |
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Poisonous substances
Deleterious substances
Specified poisonous substances
The manufacturers, importers or sellers of those substances must be registered, meet the prescribed standards for manufacturing or storing and obey rules on labeling or transferring. It is also required to provide MSDS. Specified poisonous substances are extremely poisonous among poisonous substances and are defined as substances which have high possibility to harm the person of use so they are controlled more strictly.