On May 4, 2017, Germany's federal environment agency (UBA) launched a proposal to include “persistent, mobile and toxic substances (PMTs)” or “persistent and mobile substances (PMs)” into REACH's candidate list, which is general known as SVHC. ...

On May 7, according to the report of Japanese agricultural news, Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare had decided to introduce the positive list system to its supervision of food-contacted containers and raw material of utensils. ...

Recently, Maine added two flame retardants, decaBDE and HBCDD, into its list of priority chemicals. ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a final rule on May 4, 2017, amending the food additive regulations that no longer permit to use potassium perchlorate as an indirect additive in the production of the closure-sealing gaskets of food containers. ...

On May 4, 2017, the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) release the Council Directive (EU) 2017/774, amending the Directive 2009/48/EC on the safety of toys, in allusion to those toys that are designed for children under 36 months or could be placed in children’s mouths, to add the migration restriction of phenol and the content restriction of it when it functioned as a preservative. ...

On April 28, 2017, The Science and Technology Division of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China began to openly solicit the opinion of the public about the Requirements for Prohibited Substances on Automobiles,which are planned to be upgraded to mandatory national standard,and the comment collection will come to an end on May 28, 2017. ...

On April 29, 2017, the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) releases the regulation (EU) 2017/752 to amend and correct Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, allowing six new substances, adding the migration limit of nickel, and further explicating the food simulants with overall migration so as to reflects the most recent findings. ...

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls 29 batches of products in January 2017. There are 7 batches of Chinese products, accounting for 24.14%. ...

On 27 April 2017, the Official Journal of the European Union published Regulation (EU) 2017/738 amending lead limit in the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC. The Regulation takes into operation from 28 October 2018. ...

The U.S. mandatory toy standard ASTM F963-16 takes into force on 30 April 2017. All children’s toys manufactured on or after 30 April 2017 must be tested to ASTM F963-16. ...