On 12 October 2016, the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade issued circular no.23/2016/TT-BCT to abolish circular no.37/2015/TT-BCT regulating content limits and inspection of formaldehyde and aromatic amines derived from azo dye in textile product. It takes into force on 26 November 2016. Starting from this date, textile products shall not be subjected to the inspection of content of formaldehyde and aromatic amines derived from azo dye. The Vietnam Textile and Apparel A ...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls 18 batches of products in September 2016. There are 10 batches of Chinese products, accounting for 55.56%. Based on our statistics, the Chinese products notified through the CPSC in September were as below: \ The above diagram show that sports and hobby facilities are the most frequently notified in this month. Our analysis shows that fall and burn are types of risk that most frequently notified, accounting for 42.11%. Acc ...

In accordance with the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC (GPSD) and Regulation 765/2008, in September 2016 the European Commission validated 193 notifications1 on dangerous products and transmitted them to the Member States (EU Member States and EEA-EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway). Most of these concerned products presenting serious risk: 163 notifications (84%). 9 notifications (5%) concerned products presenting less than serious risk and 21 notif ...

The European Commission validated 210 RASFF notifications this month, including 183 notifications on food, accounting for 87.14%; 20 notifications on feed, accounting for 9.52%; 7 notifications on food contact materials (FCMs), accounting for 3.33%. There are more details on FCM notifications as below: SN Date Notifying country Subject Action taken 1 15/09/2016 Germany migration of cadmium (0.452 mg/dm²) and of cobalt (0.459 mg/dm²) from ceramic set from China, via France ...

General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) validated notifications on 108 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. Information for the notifications validated is as the following: No. Ref ...

On 30 September 2016, South Korea's environment ministry has published a revised list of substances restricted under K-REACH. Nonylphenols and NPEs are used in manufacturing detergents, paints, pesticides, cosmetics and plastics. They are considered endocrine disruptors and bioaccumulative in aquatic environments. The amendment is summarised as below: SUBSTANCE RESTRICTION 1.nonylphenols(NP), CAS NO: 25154-52-3, 104-40-5, 84852-15- 3, 139-84-4, 136-83-4,90481-04-2 and 11066- ...

On 25 October 2016, China publishes G.W.B.S.P.H. No. (2016) 1028 Food Safety—National Standard for Food Contact Bamboo, Wood and Cork Materials and Articles, whose commends period ends on 25 November. The standard includes requirements for raw materials, sensory requirements, migration of elements, covering food packaging materials, vessels, food utensils and food processors. It applies to bamboo, wood and cork materials and articles that come into contact with food under ...

During May to September 2016, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) has organized 30 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) covers general merchandise, textiles, electrical and electronic equipment, construction and décor materials, agricultural means of production, machinery and safety protection, electrical engineering and materials. The random inspection involves 7,773 products from 7 ...

On 20 October 2016, Hangzhou (Zhejiang Province, China) Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (the “Authority”) destroyed two batches of unqualified food contact articles, including: 548 ceramic cups made in Japan for dangerous levels of heavy metals present in the products; 150 sets of filter elements of storage kettles for defects in product performance and lack of hygiene licenses. In recent days, the Authority found the measured value of lead migration is 3.0mg/L for some ...

On 19 October 2016, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) publishes Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety ASTM F963-16, which will become mandatory in the middle of 2017. Pursuant to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), the amendments in ASTM F963-16 will become mandatory in 180 days unless otherwise required by Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). There are following revisions in the new version: 1. Revise kinetic energy of proj ...