Stakeholders are reminded that the European Union’s standard for cot and crib mattresses has been amended with the publishing of Amendment A1 to EN 16890:2017. Original published in May 2017 by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), the standard covers mattresses used in children’s cots, travel cots, cribs and suspended baby beds. It applies to […]
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Suppliers of children’s products onto the French market are advised that the authorities have updated their list of standards that give presumption of conformity. Published in the French Official Journal on July 18, 2021, this list contains standards that are presumed to demonstrate conformity with the provisions of Decree 91-1292. This decree aims to prevent
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South Korea has increased the number of phthalates restricted in children’s products from six to seven with the addition of diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP). The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) issued Notice Number 2021-131 in July 2021. This strengthens restrictions relating to phthalates under the Common Safety Standard for Children’s Products and subject to
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Albania has approved a Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHC), similar to the European Union’s (EU’s) REACH Candidate List. It will come into effect on April 13, 2022. Decision of the Council of Ministers No. 222 of April 7, 2021, creates a Candidate List containing 211 SVHCs and is an integral part
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Italy has signalled its intention to adopt a draft piece of legislation that will, if accepted, amend Decree of the Minister of Health of March 21, 1973, in relation to food contact stainless steels. The latest proposal to change the decree – ‘Hygiene rules for packaging, containers and utensils intended to come into contact with
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Stakeholders are reminded that the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare (EQDM) has published the first edition of its technical guide, ‘Paper and board used in food contact materials and articles.’ This supersedes the Council of Europe’s Policy statement, Version 4 dated February 12, 2009. Published in May 2021, this publication consists
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The European Union (EU) has expanded the scope of Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) by including perfluorocarboxylic acids containing 9 to 14 carbon atoms in the chain (C9-C14 PFCAs), their salts and C9-C14 PFCA-related substances. These are a family of substances that occur unintentionally during the manufacture of
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Deciding whether a product is a toy or just a decorative or collectible product can be hard. The European Union (EU) Commission and Member States Toy Expert Group has recently published Guidance Document No. 20 to help stakeholders decide whether their product comes under the scope of the EU Directive 2009/48/EC, the so-called Toy Safety
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The European Union (EU) has informed the World Trade Organization (WTO) that it intends to revise Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on Classification, Labeling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures (CLP Regulation). Among the proposed changes: 39 entries added to Table 3 in Part 3 of Annex VI to the CLP Regulation ‘List of Harmonized Classification and
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On April 1, 2021, China’s new product standard for knitted clothing that feels cool to touch – FZ/T 73067-2020 – came into effect. This standard covers knitted clothing made predominantly from knitted fabrics with a contact transient cool feeling function. It does not apply to clothing made for children aged less than 36 months. ‘Transient
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