8 Jul. 2021, ECHA has added 8 substances into the Candidate List of SVHCs. The Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) now contains 219 substances that may have serious effects on people or the environment. Eight substances added to the Candidate List for authorisation: Substance Name EC No. CAS No. Reason for Inclusion Examples of Uses 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl)propionaldehyde and its individual stereoisomers - - Toxic for reproduction (Article 57 c) Cleaning...

41 batches of imported children's products with unqualified formaldehyde content, pH value, etc., involving Brand H&M, ZARA, Lego, Qiaohu On May 30th, 2020, General Administration of Customs, P.R.China announced the quality and safety of some imported children’s products that were unqualified by the customs from January to May 2020, involving 6 category of 41 batches imported children’s products such as clothing and toys, etc. Unqualified imported children's products...

Recently, European Safety Federation has published an article on its official website regarding "counterfeiting" CE certificate of some current personal protective equipment (PPE). The article made it clear that protective masks (type FFP2 or FFP3), protective glasses and face shields, protective gloves and garments, etc., should meet the requirements of REACH Regulation besides the CE certification. In the following, C&K Testing will fully interpret the duties and oblig...

On 27 April 2017, the Official Journal of the European Union published Regulation (EU) 2017/738 amending lead limit in the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC. The Regulation takes into operation from 28 October 2018....

Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC is considered as the most stringent toy regulation in the globe requiring all toys to access the EU market should meet the requirements hereof. On 27 March 2017, EU ministers adopted the amendments to Annex II to toy safety directive to lower the lead limit....

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On 1 December 2016, Switzerland revised Toys Ordinance to be in line with the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC. Effective on 1 May, the new standard allows those toys compliant with the old version continue to be sold until 30 April 2017. The highlights of amendments are as below: 1. Revise some provisions as regards Annex 1 list of toys not considered as toys and Annex 2 physical and mechanical properties for the interest of clarity; 2. Include safety requirements for activi...

The restriction of formamide in the EU toy safety directive (TSD) is effective on 24 May, which sets forth a limit of 20 μg/m3 (emission limit) after a maximum of 28 days from commencement of the emission testing of foam toy materials containing more than 200 mg/kg (cut-off limit based on content). On 25 November 2015, the EU Commission publishes the amendment Regulation (EU) 2015/2115. There are four restricted substances were included in the directive at the same time, na...

On 28 November 2016, the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Scientific Risks (SCHEER) is to form a scientific opinion on the tolerable intake of aluminium, with regards to adapting migration limits in toys. The EU Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC establishes migration limits for 19 elements in toys or components of toys, depending on the type of toy material used. The aluminium migration limit under the directive is as below based...

EU member states approved the proposal to lower the migration limit of Bisphenol A (BPA) in toys intended for use by children under 36 months from 0,1 mg/l to 0,04 mg/l on 14 November 2016. The new limit will come into operation following the 18 months since its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. The proposal has been reported in about three months ago by C&K Testing (EU proposes to lower the BPA limit in toys again).The revision will be made in A...

On 18 July 2016, the European Commission has submitted Notification No. G/TBT/N/EU/396 to World Trade Organisation (WTO) to lower the migration limit of Bisphenol A (BPA) in toys intended for use by children under 36 months or in other toys...

The European Association for the Coordination of Consumer Representation in Standardisation (ANEC) is calling for an aniline limit for toys intended for use by children under 36 months, or to be placed in the mouth under Appendix C of Annex...

On 8 April 2016, the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER) adopted the final opinion as regards assessment on ingestion amounts of children and considered the current limits were still appropria...

The Official Journal of the European Union published Commission Directives (EU) 2015/2115, (EU) 2015/2116 and (EU) 2015/2117 to amend Appendix C to Annex II of Directive 2009/48/EC (safety of toys) to include five new restrictions....