If you prefer not to receive this information, please click here to unsubscribe: Unsubscribe Me en.cirs-ck.com | Hotline: +86-571-87206587 February-March 2018REACH ECHA Seeks Comments on SVHC Identification Proposal 13 March 2018 Tags: SVHC 8 March, 2018, The ECHA conducts public consultation on eight substances of very high concern identification proposed by member states and agencies. If a substance is identified as a SVHC, it will be added to the Candidate List for eventua...

14 February, 2018, The European Commission has published its amending Regulation (EU) 2018/213 on the OJ to restrict the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in varnishes and coatings intended to come into contact with food. This regulation also amends the EU Food contact plastic Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 to further tighten the BPA migration limit....

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...

On 14 March 2016, EU notified World Trade Organisation (WTO) of Circular G/TBT/N/EU/370 to publish a draft Commission Regulation proposing to amend Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 for plastic food contact materials. The amendment targets at regul...

On 14 March 2016, EU notified World Trade Organisation (WTO) of Circular G/TBT/N/EU/370 to publish a draft Commission Regulation proposing to amend Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 for plastic food contact materials. The amendment targets at regulating the use of bisphenol A (“BPA”). The draft regulation lowers the specific migration limit (SML) for BPA (0,05mg/kg) from plastic food contact materials in line with the EFSA opinion published in January 2015. It therefore amends C...