Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls 26 batches of products in January 2016. There are 16 batches of Chinese products, accounting for 61.54%, reduced by 1.42%. ...

The European Commission validated 227 RASFF notifications this month, including 174 notifications on food, accounting for 86.79%; 23 notifications on feed, accounting for 10.13%; 7 notifications on food contact materials (FCMs), accounting f ...

On 22 January 2016, the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection publicised H.B.K.J.H. [2016] No. 150, intending to change GB/T 27630-2011 (recommended standard) into a mandatory one (GB standard) on 22 January 2016. The standard should ...

On the afternoon of 28 January 2016, Jiangsu Quality Supervision Bureau held a press conference to publicise the inspection results for rubber hot water bottles. The inspection proves a pass rate of 60.2% (53 batches are qualified among 88 b ...

Health Ministry of Italy published Decree No. 163 to update parts with regard to stainless food contact materials (FCMs) under Regulation 1973/3/21 “Hygienic Decree on Packaging, Containers and Utensils for Personal Use and Food Contact” ...

In November 2015, the French Direction générale de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes (DGCCFF, General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control) published Document DM/4B/COM/001 to pose new requirements on food safety concerning metal and alloy food contact materials (FCMs). The document supersedes requirements on metal and alloy FCMs in DGCCRF NI No. 2004-64 on 1 January 2016. ...

On 3 December 2015, the European Commission published an outline of plans to amend the scope of the RoHS Directive (restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, 2011/65/EU). The legislative p ...

In accordance with the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC (GPSD) and Regulation 765/2008, in December 2015 the European Commission validated 246 notifications on dangerous products and transmitted them to the Member States and EEA-c ...

According to announcement of Greenpeace Detox on 15 Decemer 2015, Kaufland chain campaign became the 33th to join the campaign and committed to eliminating all releases of all hazardous chemicals in apparel, footwear and home textile by 2020 ...

Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest healthcare providers in the US, has banned the use of perand polyfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) as additives in the furniture, finishes and materials it uses for building projects. PFCs provide water re ...