Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls 18 batches of products in October 2017. There are 9 batches of Chinese products, accounting for 50.00%. Based on our statistics, the Chinese products notified through...

On May 4, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (Oehha) approved the amendment of Proposition 65 to adopt the identification of the No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for styrene of 27 micrograms per day (μg/day)....

According to a report of Plastics News on May 15, 2017, the City of New York will enforce the ban on expanded (EPS) food service packaging again on November 13, 2017....

On 26 December 2016, 11 Chinese ministries published Notification for the effectiveness of Amendment on hexabromocyclododecane (‘HBCDD’) under the Stockholm Convention as regards Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The amendment becomes effective since 26 December 2016. Our HBCDD ban includes: I. The production, use, import and export of HBCDD are prohibited since 26 December 2016, unless otherwise specified in the Stockholm Convention as regards Persistent Organic Pol...

National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHFPC) has released 53 national standards as regards food safety including GB 4806.1-2016Food Safety—National Standard on Food Contact Materials and Articles—General Requirementson 11 November 18. In the new regulatory framework of food contact materials (FCMs) in China, food contact articles are divided into different categories as per their materials, namely: enamels, ceramics, glasses, p...

On 5 Oct. 2016, Canada amends the regulation of five toxic substances in Canadian Environmental Protection Act through a publication of a notification on the Canada Gazette. The amendments include the following: 1. HBCD in EPS and XPS. The amendments prohibit the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or import of expanded polystyrene (EPS) and extruded polystyrene (XPS) foams containing HBCD – and intermediary products that contain it – for use in a building or construc...

On 17 August 2016, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) proposed a rule on the Federal Register that four specified plastics with specified additives would be exempt from mandatory testing for phthalates. Public comments are open until 31 October 2016. Section 108 of the CPSIA prohibits children’s toys and child care articles that contain six specified phthalates in concentrations above 0.1 percent in “accessible plasticised component parts and other component p...

On 2 March 2016, the Official Journal of the European Union published Regulation (EU) 2016/293 amending Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) as regards Annex I. It includes specific exemption on intermediate us...

On 12 January 2016, the European Commission published decisions on authorising 13 enterprises to use HBCDD (a kind of brominated frame retardant) on the Official Journal of the European Commission....

The Member State officials of the REACH Commission backed the proposal with regard to authorisation on use of Hexabromocyclododecane (hereinafter referred to as "HBCDD") in expanded polystyrene (EPS) for building insulation at the meeting of...

Hangzhou Entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau released news on 20 October that it destroyed many batches of imported consumer products, including hot beverage cups and napkins from the United States, plastic spoons from Japan and porc...

New York will ban polystyrene foam (EPS) products on 1 July. However, a grace period of six months is given for manufacturers and agencies that possess, provide and sell foam products, beyond which fines will be imposed on breaching companie...

According to coverage of Chemical Watch on 23 June 2015, an environmental NGO shows that the authorisation of the flame retardant HBCCD should not be granted to use in expanded polystyrene....