Consumer Products

In recent months, several California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) settlement agreements and judgements have been reached in relation to the use of diisononyl phthalate (DINP) in various consumer products. Prop 65, the ‘Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986’, is a unique piece of legislation that passed overwhelmingly by a ballot of Californian

The European Union (EU) has published a new draft regulation that, if approved, will amend and correct Regulation (EU) 10/2011 on food contact plastics. The draft regulation is a comprehensive proposal that contains important changes to: Annex I, Table 1 of ‘Union List of Authorized Substances’: A completely new detection limit of 0.002 mg/kg for

Several more California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) settlements and judgements have been reached in relation to the use of six phthalates in consumer products. The six phthalates are: Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) Di-isodecyl phthalate (DIDP) Diisononyl phthalate (DINP) Di-n-hexyl phthalate (DnHP) These six phthalates are among approximately 900 chemicals

SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, has expanded its product recalls online platform with Australia and Canada now contributing official data alongside the European Union and the USA. Aimed at consumer goods manufacturers and retailers, the platform provides free and instant access to unsafe consumer goods product notifications compiled from a

Several California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) settlements and judgements were reached in 2019 in relation to cadmium and lead in a variety of consumer products. The settlements and judgements involving lead include: Cell phone pouches: ≤ 100 ppm otherwise warning Coasters: ≤ 90 ppm and ≤ 1.0 μg (NIOSH 9100) Glass rain gauges with exterior

The European Union (EU) has published the 14th adaption to technical and scientific progress (ATP-14) to Regulation (EC) 1272/2008, the Classification, Labeling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures (CLP Regulation). ATP-14 contains several important changes, including:

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