The Andean Community has approved new minimum requirements for clothing labels. This Technical Regulation will cover Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Consumers increasing demand cosmetic products that can demonstrate they won’t irritate sensitive skin. SGS has developed the ‘Dermatologically Tested: Skin Tolerance’ approval mark to help companies differentiate their products in the marketplace.
Turkey further aligns its food contact materials rules with EU regulations following the publishing of two notifications covering food contact plastics in December 2019.
SGS explains the requirements for food contact materials brought in by Resolution 1893 of July 16, 2019. It covers migration limits for lead and cadmium.
A new national product standard for silk quilts - GB/T 24252-2019 - will come into effect on May 1, 2020. Stakeholders should now check their products are compliant.
South Korea introduces a new technical standard for plastic products that are in frequent contact with the skin. It will come into effect on October 22, 2020.
From January 5, 2021, suppliers of products containing substances on the Candidate List at a concentration above 0.1% w/w on the EU market need to enter set information onto the SCIP database.
Composite materials containing bamboo and melamine-formaldehyde resin are facing scrutiny in the EU. Recent risk assessments by the German Federal Institute of Risk Assessment (BfR) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) confirm specific migration issues and use of questionable additives.
Following an initial consultation that ended in September 2019, Trinidad and Tobago has begun consulting over a revised draft of its mandatory toy safety standard.
In September 2019, Republic of Kosovo published a list of national and European standards deemed to show presumption of conformity with its toy safety legislation.
On December 11, 2019, Vermont, USA, completed a consultation on its proposal to expand the formaldehyde definition under its disclosure program for children’s products.
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