18 May 2018, the Official Journal of European Union releases seven Directives （EU）2018/736~（EU）2018/742, amending the exemption for lead content in the Annex III of EU RoHS Regulation. Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this directive by 30 June 2019 at the latest, and they shall apply those provisions from 1 July 2019. This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union....

On September 19, 2017, the European Commission called for public comments on a proposal to exempt lead from eight use under EU RoHS directive. The public consultation is from 19 September to 17 October....

Several food contact regulations in China have come into operation since 19 April 2017.C&K Testing lists five most frequently asked questions (FAQs) to help you with China food contact materials(FCMs) regulatory compliance....

The European Commission validated 134 notifications as regards food contact materials in 2016. It is noted that more than 80% products through the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) notified came from China primarily caused by migration of formaldehyde, aromatic amines and heavy elements (cadmium, cobalt, chromium, manganese, nickel and lead), excessive levels of phthalates....

Singapore's Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) publishes a RoHS-like regulation (Environmental Protection and Management A ct Order 2016) in the Government Gazette on 1 June. The Order comes into operation on 1 June 2017....

General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) validated notifications on 39 batches of imported industrial goods, which were found non-compliant during inspection and quara...

The French General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) published new documents DM/4B/COM/002, DM/4B/COM/003, DM/4B/COM/004 for food contact materials (FCMs) made from inorganic materials (except me...

Large amount of RoHS exemptions are to be expired on 21 July 2016. Given no official publication of the Europe Union, those electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) cannot benefit from the exemptions after their expiry date (21 July 2016)....

On 3 December 2015, the European Commission published an outline of plans to amend the scope of the RoHS Directive (restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, 2011/65/EU). The legislative p...

In November 2015, the French Direction générale de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes (DGCCFF, General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control) published Document DM/4B/COM/001 to pose new requirements on food safety concerning metal and alloy food contact materials (FCMs). The document supersedes requirements on metal and alloy FCMs in DGCCRF NI No. 2004-64 on 1 January 2016....

Ji’nan Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (“Bureau”) found three batches of food contact materials unqualified in hygiene item due to dangerous levels of heavy metals and evaporating residue. So it destroyed the said products. Accordi...

In the course of a new RoHS project (Pack 9) for the evaluation of applications for exemptions, to be included in or deleted from Annexes III of the RoHS Directive Recast 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2), twenty nine exemptions for which renewal/amendmen...

In entry 63 of Annex XVII to REACH Regulation, lead limit was officially amended in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/628 of European Commission on 22 April 2015 and published on Official Journal of the EU on the next day....

EU member state representatives meeting in the REACH Committee on 3 December in Brussels unanimously approved a proposed restriction on lead in consumer articles, with some exemptions for certain product categories. ...