Consumer Products

Turkey has announced which consumer products must comply with the inspection protocols associated with its Risk-Based Control System on Foreign Trade (TAREKS). On December 27, 2019, the Turkish Ministry of Trade published Communiqué on Import Control of Consumer Goods (Product Safety and Inspection: 2020/12) (of December 27, 2019 under Number 30991 (Repeat), henceforth known as […]

Operators in European Union (EU) should be aware the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has added four new Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) to its Candidate List under REACH. The ECHA added the four substances to the Candidate List on January 16, 2020. They are: 2-Benzyl-2-dimethylamino-4′-morpholinobutyrophenone 2-methyl-1-(4-methylthiophenyl)-2-morpholino- propan-1-one Diisohexyl phthalate Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) and

South Korea has introduced a new standard which makes certain synthetic resin (plastic) products subject to ‘Household Goods Subject to Safety Standards’. The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) made the announcement in October 2019. It was published in National Technology Standards Notice 2019-352 and has created a completely new annex for plastic products

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has announced the Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products) (SCIP) database will be in operation from January 5, 2021. After this date, businesses operating in the European Union (EU) must enter certain information onto the database if their articles contain a substance on the