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The Ministry of Science and Technology of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has announced the introduction of new technical regulation on toy safety. The new regulation, QCVN 3:2019/BKHCN, and published under Circular Number 09/2019/TT-BKHCN of September 30, 2019, will update QCVN 3:2009/BKHC. The new regulation, as with the old, applies to toys for children under […]

In November two reports into food contact materials and articles (FCMs) were published in Europe that may ultimately impact the manufacturers of such products containing bamboo and melamine-formaldehyde resin: On November 25, 2019, the German Federal Institute of Risk Assessment (BfR) issued a risk assessment study on the use of FCM made from melamine-formaldehyde resin