On July 31, 2017, CFDA released the notification: Department of Drug and Cosmetics Supervision [2017] No.103, which indicates CFDA would issue the Cosmetic Spot-check Supervision Specification, in order to standardize the spot-check supervision process, according to Cosmetic Health Supervision Regulations and related regulations. ...

In the first half year of 2017, multi batch of electrical and electronic equipment storing in many ports of WUXI, TAICANG, ZHENJIANG, SUZHOU in JIANGSU province violating China Requirement of restriction on hazardous substance were asked for rectifying. Quality defect and total number of exceeding colony, especially over lead, cadmium, mercury are prominent problems, besides, unqualified labels which indicate electric parameter and international importing use. ...

On July 31, 2017, general administration of quality supervision, inspection and quarantine of China (AQSIQ) released a certain implement of four food related products in 2017, referring to three kinds of food contact materials (FCMs): plastic, paper and food machinery, and the implement would adopt the latest GB standards as an important inspection and judgement, when checks food contact product. ...

on 7 July, 2017, the European Commission and its Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) launched a public consultation on the preliminary opinion Tolerable intake of aluminium with regards to adapting the migration limits for aluminium in toys. ...

Recently, California’s Department of Toxic Substance (DTSC) has listed children’s foam-padded sleeping products containing the flame retardants TDCPP or TCEP as the first priority product under the Safer Consumer Products (SCP) effective 1 July. ...

On July 27, 2017, the Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1392 was released by Official Journal of the European Union, which amended the EU Ecolabel for textile products (Decision 2014/350/EU). Decision 2014/350/EU involves a large proportion of EU Ecolabel for textile products(Decision 2014/350/EU) ,but not limit to heavy metals. ...

On 11, July, 2017, the amendment to EU RoHS exemptions got supports from the members of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (Envi). This amendment includes permitting secondary market operations of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and spare parts beyond a 2019 deadline. ...

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. ...

19 July, 2017, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) issued the status of recalling defective consumer product in the first half of 2017. According to data presentation, in the first half of 2017, there were 143 recalls of automobile products, involving 4.7601 million automobiles; 252 recalls of consumer product, involving 3.0168 million pieces. ...

In accordance with the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC (GPSD) and Regulation 765/2008, in June 2017 the European Commission validated 148 notifications1 on dangerous products and transmitted them to the Member States (EU Member States and EEA-EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway). ...