New Chemicals regulatory body for the UK
Fri, 05/15/2009 - 16:28 — Nick
On the 1st April 2009 the Health and Safety Executive, (HSE) announced the creation of the Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD). The new Directorate brings together HSE 's responsibilities for pesticides, biocides, detergents, and industrial chemicals (REACH, Classification, Labelling and other legislation). The Directorate integrates the existing functions of the regulatory and policy work of the Pesticides Safety Directorate, and the Chemicals Schemes Assessment Unit of HSE, along with elements of human exposure and socio-economic assessment into a single regulatory unit.