On 14 Sept. 2016, National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHFPC) released Notification No. 11 of Year 2016 to release 243 national standards of food safety and 2 revision lists of standards, covering food additives, microbiological indexes and radioactive materials. There are 9 of them targeting at food contact material/articles. The details for the food contact materials/articles standards are as below: Standard No. Standard Title D ...

On 14 Sept. 2016, the Official Journal of European Union publishes an authorisation decision allowing a Dutch company for several industrial or professional uses. In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socioeconomic benefits outweigh the risk to human health arising from the use of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies in terms of their technical and economic feasibility for the applicant’s downstream ...

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls 27 batches of products in August 2016. There are 18 batches of Chinese products. Based on our statistics, the Chinese products notified through the CPSC in August 2016 were as below: Diagram 1 Diagram 2 The above products are notified for various hazards, among which fall tops all other risks. Accompanying remedies (refund, replacement and repair) are taken for such notifications. The above diagrams show that household product ...

In accordance with the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC (GPSD) and Regulation 765/2008, in August 2016 the European Commission validated 159 notifications on dangerous products and transmitted them to the Member States (EU Member States and EEA-EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway). Most of these concerned products presenting serious risk: 1137notifications (86%). 10 notifications (6%) concerned products presenting less than serious risk and 12 notifica ...

At a meeting on 9 Aug. 2016, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has agreed on changes to 'simplify' its regulation of the safety of textiles, clothing and their accessories. The move results from EU and European industry’s idea that the compulsory certification of compliance created unnecessary barriers to trade. The highlights for the meeting including the following: l Changes made that apply to carpets, felts, non-woven fabrics and other products. l Net migration lim ...

On 26 Aug. 2016, the European Commission released 2015 RASFF (The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) annual report. The result shows Chinese products are still the most frequently notified. And migration and heavy elements are the top two hazards for notification of food contact materials. In 2015, the RASFF system publishes 9188 notifications, including 2984 original notifications and 6204 follow-up notifications. 388 batches of Chinese products were notified by RASFF in ...

Spot Check Report on Plastic Articles 2015 released by the Swedish Chemicals Agency (kemi) shows more than half plastic articles contain prohibited substances such as phthalates (plasticisers), short chain chlorinated paraffins (plasticisers and flame retardant), lead, cadmium and dimethylformamide/methylacetamide. 160 samples from 52 companies were inspected, including bathroom products, garden equipment, working gloves, bags and sports equipment. Most of these articles wer ...

On 26 Aug. 2016, Danish Environment Ministry released 2016-2017 chemicals action plan. Denmark's environment and food minister has called on the European Commission to set maximum levels for fluorinated substances in food packaging. Denmark will work with France, Germany, Luxembourg and Sweden to push for common legislation on polyfluorinated substances in paper and cardboard food contact materials (FCMs). Denmark will also monitor imports of articles containing fluorinated ...

On 30 Aug. 2016, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has adopted amendments to how "clear and reasonable warning" is provided under Proposition 65. There are following changes in the amendment: 1. The update will require the warnings to contain the name of at least one substance for which notice is being provided under the law. 2. A pictogram – an exclamation mark within an equilateral triangle – must also be included. Warning statements under ...

General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) validated notifications on 93 batches of imported industrial goods, which were found non-compliant during inspection and quarantine process at the entry ports of China. They have not been offered for sale on the China market yet and are re-dispatched or destroyed instead according to laws. Information for the notifications validated is as the following: No. Ref. ...