Recently, European Safety Federation has published an article on its official website regarding "counterfeiting" CE certificate of some current personal protective equipment (PPE). The article made it clear that protective masks (type FFP2 or FFP3), protective glasses and face shields, protective gloves and garments, etc., should meet the requirements of REACH Regulation besides the CE certification. In the following, C&K Testing will fully interpret the duties and oblig...

On 1 November 2016, the first Chinese standard GB/T32610-2016 Standard on protective masks for daily use has come into force, specifying that the masks are compliant only when they can help reduce the concentration of PM 2.5 inhaled to 75μg/m3 so that to enhance air quality to a good or better level by filtering. The standard only appliers for protective masks used in daily life to protect us from particulars from air pollution. But respiratory protective articles for speci...