Shanghai Customs Announced the Unqualified Imported Commodities
8 April 2022 Customs,Inspection,Unqualified,Commodities,Import
In 2021, through on-site inspection and laboratory testing, Shanghai Customs had effectively implemented the quality and safety inspection and supervision of imported consumer goods at Shanghai ports, and effectively guaranteed the safety and health of consumers. The relevant unqualified cases found by Shanghai Customs in the quality and safety inspection of imported and exported commodities are hereby released. Case 1: Continuous detection of unqualified adult clothing of B...
Consumer Products will be Inspected under REACH and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulatory Compliance
30 April 2021 REACH,POP,Persistent,Organic,Pollutants,Consumer,Chemical
Recently, ECHA Enforcement Forum agreed that its major enforcement project planned for 2022 (REF-10) will focus on integrated controls of consumer products. The Forum agreed that inspectors will be able to check whether products comply with many different restrictions for hazardous substances under REACH and POPs. Specific types of material such as rubber, plastic or textiles, are subject to the duties under REACH and POPs. In this way each product can be controlled by sever...
Shanghai Customs Monitors that the Unqualified Rates of Imported Baby Products subject to Random Inspection Nearly 50%
22 March 2021 Baby,Products,China,Random,Inspection,Import
On March 15, 2021, Shanghai Customs held a press conference and announced that Shanghai Customs carried out risk monitoring on five categories of 199 batches of imported baby consumer products in 2020, including children's scooters, baby clothing, baby food contact products, baby diapers, and stationery, 95 batches of unqualified batches were detected, with an overall disqualification rate of 47.7%. The security situation is not optimistic. Among them, 10 batches of children...
Announcement of the State Administration of Market Regulation on the National Supervision and Random Inspection of the Quality of 4 Food-Related Products including Daily Ceramics and Tableware in 2020
1 March 2021 Food,China,Random,Inspection,Supervision,Products
Recently, the State Administration of Market Regulation organized and carried out national supervision and spot checks on the quality of 4 food-related products, including daily ceramics and tableware. The spot check is now notified as follows: 1. Basic information Random inspection overview The products under spot check are 4 kinds of products including daily ceramic tableware, food contact glassware, industrial and commercial electric food processing equipment, and composi...
9 Batches of Melamine Tableware were Found Unqualified
29 June 2020 China,FCM,Unqualified,Food,Products,Melamine,Tableware
Many parents may choose beautiful, light and unbreakable melamine tableware. However, is the melamine tableware on the market safe? Recently, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Supervision conducted a random inspection of the melamine tableware produced and sold in Shanghai. Among the 76 batches of products, 9 batches were unqualified, and the unqualified rate reached 11.8%. Among them, 5 batches of products were found unqualified for migration of melamine. Excessive amount of...
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
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Export to China? Regulatory compliance always comes first!
23 March 2017 China, toys, FCMs, children's products , GB
China strengthens its quality surveillance on its market in pursuit of quality and safe products. Random inspections are common to ensure China regulatory compliance.C&K Testing is at your service to render you on-stop solutions to China Regulatory Compliance Testing....
Sweden finds toxic elements in one third of jewellery
16 March 2017 Jewellery, lead, cadmium, azodyes
The random inspection by Swedish Chemicals Agency (Kemi) on jewllery showed that dangerous levels of lead and cadmium present in nearly one third of jewllery. In Kemi’s analysis, the hazards concerned the following: l Dangerous levels of lead and cadmium (most common problem) l The presence of mercury l Detected levels of banned azodyes The majority of the non-compliant products were imported from Asia through the internet at low prices. Several days ago, C&K Testing r...
China releases analysis results for electric bicycles inspection in 2016
22 February 2017 Bicycle, China, electric
China Light Electric Vehicles and Batteries Product Quality Supervision & Inspection Center and China Electric Bicycle Quality Supervision & Inspection Center conducted national random inspection of electric bicycles.The result shows 10 lots of them are non-compliant....
C&K Testing Technology News of January 2017
24 January 2017 reach, rohs, PAHs, svhc, heavy metal, azo, phthalates, electrical, toys, fcms, plastic, rubber, test
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Overview of 2017 National Random Inspection Plan of China
6 January 2017 products,food,contact,standard,Inspection
General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) issues 2017 National Random Inspection Plan of China, which covers children’s products and food contact materials, totalling 147 products. According to the notification, the objects to be inspected involve operators, distributors, e-commerce traders. We will fixate our eyes on the following categories of products: Children’s Products The products to be inspe...
Violation of food contact materials in 2016 national inspection of China
3 January 2017 paper,products,food,articles,contact
On 28 December 2016, China published notification on six food related products, namely: food contact plastic, paper, rubber, glass, metal articles and disinfectants. There are 2,919 batches of products randomly inspected from 2,413 enterprises. The failure rate is 2.4%. The highlight of the inspection lies in physicochemical properties, which can directly reflect the hazard that may present to food. It is shown that 71 batches do not comply with relevant standards. Details a...
C&K Testing Technology News of October 2016
11 November 2016 reach, rohs, PAHs, svhc, heavy metal, azo, phthalates, electrical, toys, fcms, plastic, rubber, test
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China destroys unqualified imported food contact articles
24 October 2016 food contact materials
On 20 October 2016, Hangzhou (Zhejiang Province, China) Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (the “Authority”) destroyed two batches of unqualified food contact articles, including: 548 ceramic cups made in Japan for dangerous levels of heavy metals present in the products; 150 sets of filter elements of storage kettles for defects in product performance and lack of hygiene licenses. In recent days, the Authority found the measured value of lead migration is 3.0mg/L for some...
AQSIQ publicises 2016 inspection results for national interlink supervision
24 October 2016 products,Inspection,technical,Quality,General
During May to September 2016, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) has organized 30 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) covers general merchandise, textiles, electrical and electronic equipment, construction and décor materials, agricultural means of production, machinery and safety protection, electrical engineering and materials. The random inspection involves 7,773 products from 7...
SAIC: Non-compliance rate of internet trading reaches 34.6%
9 October 2016 products,batches,com,compliant,Commerce
State Administration for Industry & Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (SAIC) published the results for special random inspection of products for internet sale on 8 October 2016. Upon testing, it shows 172 batches (497 batches in total) products are not compliant with a failure rate of 34.6%. SAIC randomly inspected products intended for sale on major e-commerce platforms in China such as Taobao.com, Tmall, Yixun.com, JD.com, suning.com, yhd.com, gome.com.cn, v...
AQSIQ notifications on children’s products during random inspection
28 September 2016 Products,batches,Child,Inspection,Inspected
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...
Inspection implementation rules on food contact materials in 2016
16 August 2016 food contact material,plastic,
On 10 Aug. 2016, Product Quality Supervision Office under General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) has released implementation rules on inspection of food contact mate...
China randomly inspects of 31 kinds of products
8 August 2016 random inspection,non-complian
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...
C&K Testing Technology News of June 2016
1 July 2016 reach, rohs, PAHs, svhc, heavy metal, azo, phthalates, electrical, toys, fcms, plastic, rubber, test
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