CIRS is to attend the Global Food Contact 2018 in Bethesda, Maryland, from 9 May to 11 May. CIRS will set a booth in the exhibit hall and the brochures of CIRS will be distributed around the booth. Global Food Contact is the only place to receive the latest information on regulatory requirements in all the key markets including Canada, China, Japan, Africa, India and more. Featuring high-level discussions on the key issues facing the global food contact industry, Global Food...

On May 25 to 28, 2018, the 36th China Sport Show will be held in Shanghai National Exhibition Center. China Sport Show is the only national, international and professional sporting goods fair in china. It is the largest and most authoritative sporting goods event in Asia-Pacific Region....

On 13, July 2017, the commission’s health directorate (DG Sante) exposited two credible options for an EU measure on food contact materials (FCMs), which aims to ensure the printing inks are within acceptable limits. These two options are based on meeting of directorate working group on FCMs. It is said that an EU measure expects to be in place by mid-2018....

On August 15, 2017, 14 ministries, involving Ministry of Environmental protection of the people’s Republic of China, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and General Administration of Customs, jointly issued the No.38 announcement about the effectiveness of Minamata Convention on Mercury(hereafter referred to as simply Mercury Regulation). Mercury Regulation would be known as another important international convention as well asStockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutantssince coming into force on August 16, 2017....

Accredited with CNAS and CMA, C&K Testing can conduct testing for toys & juvenile products, child care articles and fashion items, including: SVHC, EN71, formaldehyde content, CPSIA/HR4040, CP 65, ASTM, RoHS, DMF, phthalates, AZO Dye, PAHs,...

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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The Swiss Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs (FSVO) has published a new national food law that includes food contact materials (FCMs). It will come into force on 1 May and updates three annexes, which list authorised substances for the production of consumer goods. They are: Annex 2: plastic and requirements for these substances; Annex 9: silicone and requirements for these substances; and Annex 10: printing inks and requirements for these substances. The...

China Yiwu International Commodities Fair (Yiwu Fair) has been held since 1995. The event has been jointly hosted by the Ministry of Commerce, the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province and other relevant authorities. The Yiwu Fair in the name of “face to the world, serve the whole nation”, as highly internationalized and informative event with excellent services and security, has become one of the largest, most influential and most productive commodities fair in Chi...

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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...

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The Administrative Measures for the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products (also known as China RoHS, hereinafter referred to as “Measures”) was published on 6 January 2016 and will apply on...

General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) has recently determined to prioritise disposable diapers, toys, garments for babies and young children, kitchenware and other ...

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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)....

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....

Hangzhou C&K Testing Technic Co., Ltd was listed as one of 67 agencies for its testing capability for content of migratable organic tin in paint coating of toys after acceptance according to the No. 22 Notification on CNCA’s List for Labs...

The 2015 China Kids Expo (CKE) will take place on October 20-22 in Shanghai New International Expo Center, to expand exhibition space to 140,000sqm held together with China Toy Expo and China Licensing Expo....