ECHA to Adopt “Group Restriction” on Bisphenols
12 April 2022 Restriction,bisphenols,REACH,Chemical,Substance,Assessment
On April 6 2022, ECHA and the Member States have assessed a group of 148 bisphenols and recommended that more than 30 bisphenols need to be restricted due to their potential hormonal or reprotoxic effects. Many bisphenols are known endocrine disrupters both for human health and the environment and may lead to exposures to both professionals and consumers. Bisphenols are mostly used as intermediates in the manufacture of polymers or polymer resins, such as polycarbonate plast...
The Candidate List of SVHCs Adds 8 New Substances, Updated to 219
9 July 2021 SVHC,ECHA,Authorisation,REACH,Substance,Candidate,Chemical
8 Jul. 2021, ECHA has added 8 substances into the Candidate List of SVHCs. The Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) now contains 219 substances that may have serious effects on people or the environment. Eight substances added to the Candidate List for authorisation: Substance Name EC No. CAS No. Reason for Inclusion Examples of Uses 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl)propionaldehyde and its individual stereoisomers - - Toxic for reproduction (Article 57 c) Cleaning...
The Candidate List of SVHCs adds 4 New Substances, Updated to 205
20 January 2020 substances,Candidate,List,concern,SVHC,candidate
16 January 2020, ECHA added 4 new substances to the Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs). The authorization now contains 205 substances. The new substances to the Candidate List possess probable serious effects to human health and the environment, giving rise to an equivalent level of concern to carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR), persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) and very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) substances....
EU Add Three Plastic Substances as Food Contact Material
18 February 2019 Substances,food,contact,material,regulation,amend
11 January 2019, the Official Journal of European Union issues the Directive (EU) 2019/37, amending and correcting the Annex I and Annex III of Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. Plastic materials and articles complying with Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 as applicable before the entry into force of this Directive may be placed on the market until 31 January 2020 and may remain on the market until exhaustion of stocks. This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 January 2019....
CEN Amends the Safety Standard of Soothers for Children and Babies
9 November 2018 standard,limitation,children,safety,soothers,BPA
5 September, 2018, The European Committee (CEN) published a second amendment to the safety standard for soothers for babies and young children. The new standard EN 1400:2013+A2:2018 Child use and care articles - Soothers for babies and young children - Safety requirements and test methods is applicable to products that resemble or function as a soother. This European Standard specifies safety requirements relating to the materials, construction, performance, packaging and product information for soothers....
EU adds two plastic substances as Food Contact Material
8 June 2018 Substance,contact,acid,food,material,plastic
6 June 2018, the Official Journal of EU issues the (EU) 2018/831, amending Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. The new regulation adds two substances, and also amends the use of two.Directive (EU) 2018/831 shall come into force on 26 June 2018.Prior to the effective date, (EU) 10/2011 compliant plastic materials and products could still be put on the market until February 9th 2019 until they were sold out....
EU Publishes Regulation on BPA in FCM Varnishes and Coatings
6 March 2018 coatings,Regulation,materials,migration,food
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....
ECHA updated Candidate List, a new substance added
11 July 2017 REACH, SVHC, PFHxS, BPA, ECHA
ECHA updated the candidate list of substances of very high concern (SVHCs), adding the substance PFHxS to the Candidate List and updating the existing entries for Bisphenol A (BPA) and four Phthalates to include their endocrine-disrupting properties affecting human health. There are totally 174 kinds of substance included in the candidate list till now. These revise is based on proposal from Sweden....
C&K Testing Technology News of March 2017
31 March 2017 reach, rohs, PAHs, svhc, heavy metal, azo, phthalates, electrical, toys, fcms, plastic, rubber, test
reach, rohs, PAHs, svhc, heavy metal, azo, phthalates, electrical, toys, fcms, plastic, rubber, test...
Prop 65’s settlement agreement on BPA in polycarbonate cooking equipment
7 March 2017 BPA, polycarbonate, Prop 65
The first settlement agreement of California Proposition 65 has been reached on 9 Feb. 2017. The concentration of Bisphenol A (BPA) present in polycarbonate cooking equipment shall not be equaling to or more than 1,000ppm....
ECHA adds four new SVHCs in the Candidate List
13 January 2017 substances,Candidate,List,substance,SVHCs
Helsinki, 12 January 2017, ECHA included four new substances in the Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) for authorisation. The SVHCs List (Candidate List) now contains 173 substances. According to ECHA, the Member State Committee (MSC) unanimously agreed on the identification of four SVHCs: bisphenol A, PFDA, PTAP and 4-HPbl, which would be added to the Candidate List in January 2017, while two other substances shall be subject to further assessment (MS...
EU intends to strengthen BPA restriction in food contact materials and articles
23 March 2016 BPA,plastic,varnishes,coating
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...
EU to regulate BPA from vanishes and coatings of plastic food contact materials
23 February 2016 Food contact materials, EU, BPA
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...