17 May, 2018, the Official Journal of European Union publishes directive （EU）2018/725, amending the limit of Chromium VI in point 13 of part III of Annex II to Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC. According to (EU) 2018/725, the point 13 of part III of Annex II to Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC is amended as follows.Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive at 17 November, 2019 at the latest. All the toy products should meet the new limitation requirements from 18 November, 2019. ...

2 May, 2018, Canada Gazette (Part II) release the new Children's Jewellery Regulations Children's Jewellery Regulations SOR/2018-82, which will come into force on 2 November, 2018, while the current Children's Jewelry Regulation SOR /2016-168 will be repealed. The main amendments of the new regulation SOR/2018-82 are as follows: 1. The Lead content of children's jewellery, when tested using good laboratory practices, must not be more than 90 mg/kg of lead. ...

The European Commission validated 309 RASFF notifications this month, including 261 notifications on food, accounting for 84.47%; 36 notifications on feed, accounting for 11.65%; 12 notifications on food contact materials (FCMs), accounting for 3.88%, in which 8 products from China are contained, accounting for 66.67%. The prime hazards for FCMs are migration of elements. There are more details on FCM notifications as below ...

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls 18 batches of products in April 2018. There are 12 batches of Chinese products, accounting for 66.67%. Based on our statistics, the Chinese products notified through the CPSC in April were as below ...

14 May, 2018, Standardization Administration of China issues a new national mandatory standard for plastic runways GB 36246-2018 Sports areas with synthetic surfaces for primary and middle schools, which will come into force on 1 November, 2018. This new standard will replace the original GB/T 19851.11-2005 “Sports Equipment and Venues for Elementary and Middle School - Part 11: Sports Areas with Synthetic Surfaces”. ...

Introduction In recent years, Chinese luxury clothing import market is continuously expanding, showing a significant growth trend. However, according to the supervision and inspection report of Chinese Import Commodity in 2017 released by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the quality of textile and apparel products (especially infant textiles, clothing, and children's shoes) closely related to consumers is not positive. ...

General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) validated notifications on 27 batches of imported industrial goods, which were found non-compliant during inspection and quarantine process at the entry ports of China. They have not been offered for sale on the China market yet and are re-dispatched or destroyed instead according to laws. ...

4 May, 2018, the Official Journal of European Union releases Directive 2018/675, amending the entries of CMRs in Annex XVII of REACH Regulation. This regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the OJ. It shall apply from 1 December 2018 except that, to the extent that paragraph 2 of the Annex applies to the substance ‘formaldehyde … %’, that paragraph shall apply from the date of entry into force. ...

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 ...

26 April, 2018, EU Member States approved the amending of Annex XVII of REACH, restricting of 33 carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR) substances in clothing, textiles and footwear. The new law will apply 24 months after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. The substances include metals and their compounds and phthalates,etc.Amendment of Annex XVII restricts the concentration limit of 33 substances. ...