Consumer Products

The European Union (EU) has expanded its list of carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic (CMR) category 1B substances in Annex XVII of REACH. Published on December 14, 2021, Regulation (EU) 2021/2204 expands the list of CMR category 1B substances in each of the three CMR categories falling under entries 28 to 30 of Annex XVII. The […]

Switzerland announces further legislative alignment with European Union (EU) Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 ‘Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals’ (REACH). In October 2021, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) announced its intentions to add 26 substances listed under REACH as carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR) category 1A or 1B to Annex 1.10 of

Switzerland announces its intention to expand its Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHC) under Annex 3 to the Ordinance on Protection against Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Chemicals Ordinance). The announcement was made by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) in October 2021. The proposed expansion is an alignment with recent changes

Switzerland has notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of its proposal to align its Chemical Risk Reduction Ordinance (ORRChem) with recently adopted European Union (EU) restrictions on dangerous substances, preparations and articles. The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) circulated the notification in November 2021. The proposal will align ORRChem with recently adopted provisions in

The European Commission (EC) has published a draft regulation to set a limit value for hexachlorobenzene (HCB). The proposal has been issued under Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants (POP Recast Regulation). The EC website states that the draft regulation has a limit of no more than 10 mg/kg for HCB. The EC will

Californian governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 343 – Truth in Labeling for Recyclable Materials – into law on October 5, 2021. SB 343 prohibits any person from offering for sale, selling, distributing or importing into the state of California any product or packaging with recyclability claims unless they are accurate and truthful in practice.

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published an article looking at the issues surrounding international trade fraud and the ways digitalization can help governments and customs authorities beat the criminals. Global trade was values at USD 19 trillion in 2019. For some governments, 30% of their total revenue base comes from

France introduces new harmonized signage to improve consumer product sorting and enable better recycling. Citeo, a not-for-profit organization established to reduce the impact of discarded packaging on the environmental, has published new logos to enable better sorting – sorting information (info-tri). The new icons combine the Triman, which replaces Le Point Vert, new icons representing