India has revised its import policy for toys, effective December 2, 2019. The new policy, published as Notification No. 33/2015-2020, amends the previous set of requirements published in Notification No. 26/2015-2020 in September 2017. The set of requirements published in 2017 contained, inter alia, two important provisions: 1) Requiring certification that confirms toys conform to […]
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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
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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
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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
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The European Commission (EC) has amended Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 on cosmetics to amend the entry concerning titanium dioxide and its nano form. The EC published Regulation (EU) 2019/1857 on November 6, 2019, following opinion SCCS/1580/16 of the European Union’s Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS). The SCCS determined that face products
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On November 6, 2019, the European Commission amended Annex V of Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 on cosmetics to allow the use of Hydroxyethoxyphenyl Butanone (HEPB) as a preservative. HEPB (4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl) butan-2-one) has the function of preservative and skin conditioning. Its approval for use as a preservative in rinse-off, oral care and leave-on cosmetic products, to
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has updated its Guidelines on Limits of Contaminants for Cosmetics to Version 3.0. At the 30th ASEAN Cosmetic Scientific Body (ACSB), held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, June 18-19, 2019, it was decided that a trace impurity limit for 1,4-dioxane should be included in the Guidelines. The new
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