South Korea has announced its intention to establish a restriction on bisphenol A (BPA) in thermal paper. Issued in Notice 2021-0027 of January 29, 2021, ‘Draft Administrative Notice on Establishment of Safety Standards for Household Goods Subject to Safety Standards (Thermal Paper)’ has the proposed requirement that BPA will be restricted to less than 0.02% […]
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SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, has launched a new website to enable businesses around the world to achieve frictionless trade, SGS E-Customs. The new e-Customs Services portal has been developed by SGS in response to the increasing complexities of trading internationally and the constant evolution of customs legislation and regulations.
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A collaboration between original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) Renault and Nissan has resulted in a new standard for volatile organic compound (VOC) and formaldehyde testing on materials that are used in vehicle interiors. The new standard – RNES-B-20116 – uses a micro-scale chamber to analyze materials. A small sample is placed in the chamber so that
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The European Union (EU) has published a new limit of no more than 5 mg/kg for pentachlorophenol (PCP), its salts and esters under the POP Recast Regulation. The limit applies to substances, mixtures and articles. Published on February 23, 2021, the new limit is contained in Regulation (EU) 2021/277. The changes have been made under
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SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, is to host a live webinar on March 18 providing delegates with an ‘Introduction to the SCIP Database.’ Introduced on January 5, 2021, a new mandatory requirement from the Waste Framework Directive and REACH regulation for EU duty holders, demands any article being placed on
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Several US states have issued proposals to prohibit perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in consumer goods. Most of these bills relate to food contact materials and articles, but other products include residential upholstered furniture, firefighting foams and firefighting personal protective equipment (PPE). Connecticut has issued two proposed bills: Proposed SB 111 – will prohibit PFAS
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Since the start of 2021, several US states have published bills to restrict flame retardants (FRs) in a variety of consumer products. Delaware has published bill HB 77, with a proposed effective date of July 1, 2021. This covers a variety of consumer products with the following restrictions: Residential upholstered furniture: ≤ 0.1% each of
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The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has added two new substances of very high concern (SVHC) to the Candidate List. These are: Bis(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl)ether (Tetraglyme) Dioctyltin dilaurate, stannane, dioctyl-, bis(coco acyloxy) derivs., and any other stannane, dioctyl-, bis(fatty acyloxy) derivs. wherein C12 is the predominant carbon number of the fatty acyloxy moiety [if !supportLists] Both substances have
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The Californian Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has proposed amendments to the short form of the ‘clear and reasonable’ warning required by Proposition 65 (Prop 65), known as a ‘Prop 65 Warning’. The proposed amendment to Article 6, ‘Clear and Reasonable Warnings’, was issued on January 8, 2021. Article 6 was originally adopted
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The US state of Massachusetts has introduced restrictions on eleven flame retardants (FRs) in five categories of consumer product. Signed into law by the governor on January 1, 2021, the law regulates the following FRs: 2-Ethylhexyl-2,3,4,5-tetrabromobenzoate (TBB) Antimony trioxide Bis(2-ethylhexyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrabromophthalate (TBPH) Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) Octabromodiphenyl ether (Octa-BDE) Pentabromodiphenyl ether (Penta-BDE) Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (SCCP) Tetrabromobisphenol
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