On 17 January 2017, the Official Journal of the Europe Union has released Recommendation (EU) 2017/84 on the monitoring of mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH) in food and in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. Mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH) are chemical compounds derived mainly from crude oil, but also produced synthetically from coal, natural gas and biomass. MOH can be present in food through environmental contamination, lubricants for machinery used ...

On 17 January 2017, China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) issues Notification No.7 of 2017 that all cosmetics for non-special purposes imported for the first time from the port at Shanghai Pudong New Area and the registration site of their responsible person in China is located at Pudong New Area shall be subject to filing administration instead of approval administration since 1 March 2017 to 21 December 2018. In response to requirements of State Council’s Temporary A ...

On 13 January 2017, the Official Journal of the European Union released the latest list (2017/C 011/02) of harmonised standards with regard to nickel release (entry 27) under REACH Regulation, which primarily update the nickel release standard from EN 16128:2011 to EN 16128:2015. The standard EN 16128:2015 was approved by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) on 19 September 2015 . See more info about the news CEN publishes new test method for nickel release in sp ...

On 4 January 2017, the OEKO-TEX® Association has, as usual, updated the applicable test criteria and limit values for product certification in accordance with the STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX®. The following new regulations come into force on 01 April 2017 for all certifications, following a three-month transition period. Requirements and references that relate to leather materials and leather products are taken from the 2017 edition of the STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® ...

Helsinki, 12 January 2017, ECHA included four new substances in the Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) for authorisation. The SVHCs List (Candidate List) now contains 173 substances. According to ECHA, the Member State Committee (MSC) unanimously agreed on the identification of four SVHCs: bisphenol A, PFDA, PTAP and 4-HPbl, which would be added to the Candidate List in January 2017, while two other substances shall be subject to further assessment (MS ...

Helsinki, 10 January 2017 – The safety of workers will be inspected by 28 EU and EEA Member States. The key element of the project will be to investigate the quality of the safety data sheets (SDSs) that contain guidelines on the safe use of hazardous substances. A safety data sheet (SDS),[1] material safety data sheet (MSDS), or product safety data sheet (PSDS) is an important component of product stewardship, occupational safety and health, and spill-handling procedures. ...

The rule California Brake Friction Material Requirements was approved on 30 September 2016 and has taken effect since 1 January 2017. The regulation forbids the sale of brake pads made up of more than 5% copper on or after 1 January 2021. This will drop to 0.5% on 1 January 2025. California lawmakers created the brake pad law in 2010, after a US EPA study found an estimated 1.3m pounds of copper dust in the air from them. Manufacturers of brake friction materials should have ...

National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China (NHFPC) published GB 2707-2016 National Food Safety Standard Hygienic standard for fresh (frozen) meat of livestock and other 126 national food safety standards on 23 December 2016. The publication includes 14 food standards, 19 hygienic specifications for food production/processing/operation, 13 food nutrient enhancers and 81 test methods for food indicators. The above food standards and test ...

The Netherlands amended the technical requirements of the Dutch Commodities Act (Packaging and Consumer Products). The amendments were published by Dutch Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport and have taken into effect on 1 January 2017. C&K Testing the amendment (Netherlands amends food packaging regulation) in May 2016. The highlights of the amendments include: 1. Revised the list of authorised substances in food contact plastics, paper and paperboard, metal and ...

General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) issues 2017 National Random Inspection Plan of China, which covers children’s products and food contact materials, totalling 147 products. According to the notification, the objects to be inspected involve operators, distributors, e-commerce traders. We will fixate our eyes on the following categories of products: Children’s Products The products to be inspe ...