TMA and DCHP to be included into SVHC list On 4th Oct, 2017, European Commission submitted notifications of G/TBT/N/EU/519 and G/TBT/N/EU/520, which meant to add Trimellitic anhydride (TMA) and dicyclohexyl phthalates (DCHP) into the list of the Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC)....

In accordance with the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC (GPSD) and Regulation 765/2008, in August 2017 the European Commission validated 175 notifications1 on dangerous products and transmitted them to the Member States (EU Member States and EEA-EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway). Most of these concerned products presenting serious risk: 158 notifications (90%). 6 notifications (3%) concerned products presenting less than serious risk and 11 notifications (6%) were circulated for information....

August 18, 2017, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.Y.N) made a judgment on the US Consumer products safety Commission's (CPSC) dereliction of duty, which CPSC agreed to finalize a rule that could ban five phthalates in toys by October 18....

On 25 May,2017, EU publishes the toy safety amendment (EU) 2017/898, which lowers the migration limit for bisphenol A (BPA) in toys for use by children under 36 months or in other toys intended to be placed in the mouth. The amendment will come into effect on the 20th day after the official journal published....

The European Commission validated 134 notifications as regards food contact materials in 2016. It is noted that more than 80% products through the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) notified came from China primarily caused by migration of formaldehyde, aromatic amines and heavy elements (cadmium, cobalt, chromium, manganese, nickel and lead), excessive levels of phthalates....

Belgium has published a royal decree on varnishes and coatings, which will come into force on 1 January 2017. The summary of the regulation is as follows: The migration limit on varnishes (except on metal) into food cannot exceed 10mg/dm2; A generic limit of 60mg/kg is set where a specific migration limit is unavailable; Permitted food contact varnishes and coatings are listed; It adopts analysis methods for food contact varnishes and coatings from Regulation (EU) 10/2011 wi...

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On 9 August 2016, the Official Journal of the European Union revised the standard as regards the ecological criteria for the award of the EU ecolabel for footwear by Decision (EU) 2016/1349, which replaced Decision 2009/563/EC. The product group ‘footwear’ shall comprise all articles designed to protect or cover the foot, with an applied sole which comes into contact with the ground. Footwear may be composed of various natural and/or synthetic materials. The product grou...

General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) randomly inspects product quality from May to August 2016 covering general merchandise, textiles, electrical and electronic equipment, construction and décor materials, agricultural means of production, machinery and safety protection, electrical engineering and materials. Upon inspection, 214 out of 2160 batches from 2148 companies are not compliant. The detai...

In accordance with the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC (GPSD) and Regulation 765/2008, in August 2016 the European Commission validated 159 notifications on dangerous products and transmitted them to the Member States (EU Member States and EEA-EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway). Most of these concerned products presenting serious risk: 1137notifications (86%). 10 notifications (6%) concerned products presenting less than serious risk and 12 notifica...

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls 27 batches of products in August 2016. There are 18 batches of Chinese products. Based on our statistics, the Chinese products notified through the CPSC in August 2016 were as below: Diagram 1 Diagram 2 The above products are notified for various hazards, among which fall tops all other risks. Accompanying remedies (refund, replacement and repair) are taken for such notifications. The above diagrams show that household product...

General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) validated notifications on 93 batches of imported industrial goods, which were found non-compliant during inspection and quarantine process at the entry ports of China. They have not been offered for sale on the China market yet and are re-dispatched or destroyed instead according to laws. Information for the notifications validated is as the following: No. Ref....

The European Commission validated 223 RASFF notifications this month, including 223 notifications on food, accounting for 90.65%; 15 notifications on feed, accounting for 6.10%; 8 notifications on food contact materials (FCMs), accounting for 3.25%. There are more details on FCM notifications as below: SN Date Notifying country Subject Action taken 1 03/08/2016 Slovenia migration of formaldehyde (15.6; 43.3; 51.2 mg/kg - ppm) from melamine bowls from China, via Slovakia with...

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On 25 August 2016, EU released Regulation (EU) 2016/1416 to amend Regulation (EU) 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles that intended to come into direct contact with food as regards specific migration limits of heavy metals, union list of authorised substances, test methods for overall and specific migration. Since the Regulation's adoption, the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) has published further reports on particular substances that may be used i...

On 18 August 2016, the European Union notified the World Trade Organisation (WTO) of a proposal on amending toy safety directive 2009/48/EC with regard to migration limits of lead in Annex II. The publication is an amendment to Notification G/TBT/N/EU/243 released by EU on 25 September 2014. The current limits of toy safety directive are based on the 2008 report of the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). The Scientific Committee for Health...

On 17 August 2016, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) proposed a rule on the Federal Register that four specified plastics with specified additives would be exempt from mandatory testing for phthalates. Public comments are open until 31 October 2016. Section 108 of the CPSIA prohibits children’s toys and child care articles that contain six specified phthalates in concentrations above 0.1 percent in “accessible plasticised component parts and other component p...

Effective 5 August 2016, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding 1-bromopropane (CAS No. 106-94-5) to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer for purposes of Proposition 65....

On 5 August 2016, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) has published the notification of random inspection for 31 products, during which wet wipes, tissues and fas...

Entrusted by National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China, National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center has undertaken to organise the technical review of five food contact materials since July 2016. The fi...