The European Commission validated 384 RASFF notifications this month, including 333 notifications on food, accounting for 86.72%; 35 notifications on feed, accounting for 9.11%; 16 notifications on food contact materials (FCMs), accounting for 4.17%. 13 of the products are from China, accounting for 81.25%. The prime hazards for FCMs are migration of elements....

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls 22 batches of products in May 2019. There are 11 batches of Chinese products, accounting for 50%. Accompanying remedies (refund, replacement and repair) are taken for such notifications.As notified on the CPSC website, some customers have already got injured due to the potential hazards....

If you prefer not to receive this information, please click here to unsubscribe: Unsubscribe Me With the new general data protection regulation (GDPR) coming into effect on 25 May 2018. Please see our Privacy Policy.en.cirs-ck.com | Hotline: +86-571-87206587 April 2019REACHEU Adopted the Authorized Uses of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) 24 April 2019 Tags: REACHOn 5 April 2019, the Official Journal of the European Union issued a notice approving the application for a...

On 5 April 2019, the Official Journal of the European Union issued a notice approving the application for authorization on the use of substances listed in annex XIV of REACH regulation. Due to its carcinogenic and mutagenic properties, Chromium trioxide was listed as a candidate in 2010. EU also accepted the application by French company for industrial use of 1,2-dichloroethane as a solvent for the synthesis of polyepichlorohydrin used as a precursor in the production of glycidyl azide polymer. It is an oligomer with hydroxyl terminations used to increase the energetic performance of propellants and explosives....

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....

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On 13 July 2016, Canada Gazette released a notification that Canada had made non-substantive administrative changes to 32 consumer products regulations that come under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA). All the updates come into force since 22 June 2016. Effective in 2011, theCanada Consumer Product Safety Act(CCPSA) replaced Part I and Schedule I to theHazardous Products Act(HPA). Types of modifications that have been made to the covered consumer product regula...

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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...

California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has finalised the emergency regulation regarding warning for exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) from canned and bottled foods and beverages under Proposition 65 (“Prop 65”...

Six US NGOs are calling for food retailers to eliminate bisphenol A (BPA) from food packaging and label all chemicals used in can liners....

The French REACH competent authority plans to submit a proposal to Echa by 8 August that bisphenol A (BPA) should be classified as an SVHC. The grounds will be that it is an endocrine disruptor and a CMR....

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....

Helsinki, 7 December 2015 – In May 2014, the French authorities submitted a proposal to restrict BPA because of health risks for pregnant workers and consumers exposed to it in thermal paper - for example when they handle cash register rec...

On November 6, Zhejiang Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision published the supervision and inspection results for infants and young children’s wear, which were from 22 enterprises in Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou and Shaoxing. The viola...

On 4 November 2015, in the Journal officiel de la République Française (JORF, Official Gazette of the French Republic) published Decree EINC1521729A (dated 26 October 2015) to extend a further year for interim restriction on formamide in t...

Xiaoshan Inspection Bureau announced on 2 September 2015 that it returned a batch of women’s knitting T-shirts imported from France totaling 80 pieces due to the pH values were not compliant with the mandatory national standards in China....

The French Constitutional Court said that Regulation 2012-1442 (issued on 24 December 2012) that banned the manufacture and export of food contact materials (FCMs) containing bisphenol A (BPA) was unconstitutional. Consequently, the part of ...

Helsinki, 15 September 2015: SEAC agreed its draft opinion on the French proposal to restrict the placing on the market of thermal paper containing Bisphenol A....

Decision (EU) 2015/1131 amending provisional measure Decision 2013/505/EU provides for an extended time period of 15 months for authorising ammonium salts in cellulose wadding insulation materials for buildings on 10 July 2015....