Consumer Products

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