On 17 October 2016, Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China (“CAA”) published Notification 33 Notification on List of Inspection and Testing Bodies with Satisfactory Assessment on Capacity Verification in 2015. C&K Testing gains satisfactory assessment in lead content testing in fashion jewellery. C&K Testing maintains strict management procedures in accuracy of testing technology and test results. Taking initiative part i ...

On 13 October 2016, Science Office under Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information—Technology (MIIT) published the revision notification of one of supporting standards Marking for the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Product (SJ/T 11364-2014). The publicity period for the standard ends on 13 November 2016. Pursuant to the revision list, SJ/T11364-2014 has been revised as followings: 1. It clarifies that the marking of restricti ...

On 11 October 2016, Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) notified World Trade Organisation (WTO) of NotificationsG/TBT/N/KOR/676, G/TBT/N/KOR/678 and G/TBT/N/KOR/680 proposing to amend the Special Act on Safety of Children’s Products, involving leather products for children, textile products for children,care articles for children, toy and school things. Draft revisions for safetyconfirmation for children's products (care articles for children, toy and school ...

Maine's environmental protection department (DEP) has proposed a rule to designate decaBDE and HBCD as priority chemicals under the Toxic Chemicals in Children's Products law. It would apply to manufacturers of a range of products that intentionally contain the flame retardants when used in a non-polymeric, additive form. The rule proposes covering: l childcare articles, sleepwear, toys, clothing and footwear; l electronic devices; and l household furniture and furnishings, ...

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 ...

On 6 October 2016, the European Union notified World Trade Organisation (WTO) by Notification G/TBT/N/EU/410, which proposed to include a new restriction methanol under REACH Annex XVII: The Regulation would restrict placing the liquids on the market for the general public where they contain methanol in a concentration equal to or greater than 0.6% by weight. Pursuant to the draft, the following provision is added under REACH Annex XVII: Substance name Restriction 69. Methan ...

On 6 October, EU submitted Notification G/TBT/N/EU/411 as regards the amendment to REACH Annex XVII proposing to include a new restriction on PFOA and its salts. The legislation will restrict manufacturing, use and placing on the market of PFOA and its salts to concentrations no greater than 25ppb in constituents of other substances, in mixtures and in articles. The limit for PFOA-related substances would be 1,000ppb. The proposed restriction under Regulation (EC)No 1907/200 ...

California has extended its emergency regulations on Proposition 65 warnings for bisphenol A (BPA) in canned and bottled food and drink by 90 days. The existing regulations had been to expire on 17 October. California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has finalised the emergency regulation regarding warning for exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) from canned and bottled foods and beverages under Proposition 65 (“Prop 65”) in April (Our report: The em ...

On 9 August 2016, the Official Journal of the European Union revised the standard as regards the ecological criteria for the award of the EU ecolabel for footwear by Decision (EU) 2016/1349, which replaced Decision 2009/563/EC. The product group ‘footwear’ shall comprise all articles designed to protect or cover the foot, with an applied sole which comes into contact with the ground. Footwear may be composed of various natural and/or synthetic materials. The product grou ...

State Administration for Industry & Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (SAIC) published the results for special random inspection of products for internet sale on 8 October 2016. Upon testing, it shows 172 batches (497 batches in total) products are not compliant with a failure rate of 34.6%. SAIC randomly inspected products intended for sale on major e-commerce platforms in China such as Taobao.com, Tmall, Yixun.com, JD.com, suning.com, yhd.com, gome.com.cn, v ...