EU FREQUENTLY RECALL TOYS AND CHILDCARE ARTICLES CONTAINING PHTHALATES ABOVE THE PERMITTED LEVELS

Phthalates has always been the focus of EU Customs inspection on the imported toys and childcare articles, and as the EU REACH Regulation comes into force, the number of recalls concerning toys and childcare articles containing phthalates is much more than heavy metals. . According to the statistics of EU Rapid Alert System for Non-Food

EU PUBLISH REGULATION TO ENLARGE THE SCOPE OF LEAD UNDER REACH TO ARTICLES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC

On the 18th of September 2012, The EU published REGULATION (EU) No 836/2012 to regulate lead in jewelery, contained in Reach XVII entry 63, and has been enforced since the 9th of October 2013. On the 25th of September 2014, the European Commission notified the WTO of a draft Commission Regulation to expand the restriction of lead in jewellery

BNST EXEMPTION EXPIRED

On the 2nd of January 2013 the Canada Government issued the Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012. Diphenylamine with styrene and methyl pentene TRIMETHYLPENTYL alkylation reaction product of diphenylamine (BNST) and products containing BNST were added to the regulations. The 2012 prohibited toxic substances regulations under the Canada Environmental Protection Act regulations prohibit the production, import,

EN71-1:201 — EN 71-3:2013+A1:2014 AND EN71-14:2014 HAVE BECOME THE HARMONIZED STANDARD UNDER 2009/48/EC

The list of harmonized standards under the new toys safety directive 2009/48/EC has been updated in the Official Journal of the European Union C087/02 on the 13th of March 13th. The new standards of EN71-1:2014 — EN 71-3:2013+A1:2014 and EN71-14:2014 have been added and become part of the harmonized standards, EN71-1:2014 and EN 71-3:2013+A1:2014 will

EU AMENDMENT OF ANNEX XVII OF THE REACH REGULATIONS (PAHS AND PHTHALATES)

On the 3rd of March the European Commission published Regulation (EU) No 2015/326 in its Official Journal. This amends REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 Annex XVII (entry 50 for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and entries 51 and 52 for phthalates ) , The amended regulation will come into force on the 23rd of March 2015. Amendment Details 1. Amendment for

NEW YORK STATE PROPOSES PROHIBITION ON THE MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF CHILDREN’S FOAM MATS CONTAINING FORMAMIDE

On the 7th of January 2015 the New York State has introduced two bills A00106 and S00583 proposed to prohibit the manufacture, distribution and sale of children’s foam mats containing formamide designed for use by children three years old or younger.According to the bills, from the 1st of December 2017 no person, firm, partnership, association, limited

ANALYSIS OF APPAREL AND FOOTWEAR PRODUCT RECALLS — FEBRUARY 2015

European Union The EU RAPEX systems notified 32 cases of which 84% were because of the risk of strangulation or other injury.  27 children’s clothes  do not comply with drawstring regulation. 1 children’s shoe was recalled because the small pompoms can easily detach. In Chemical risks, 3 Gloves were recalled because they contain Chromium VI, and may

2014 CHILDREN AND INFANTS CLOTHING PRODUCT QUALITY SUPERVISION AND INSPECTION RESULTS

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the  Republic of China has issued the results of the 2014 children and infants clothing product quality supervision and inspection on the 6th of January. This action involved a total of 328 batches of children and infants clothing products from Beijing, Hebei, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan,

BNST EXEMPTION HAS EXPIRED

The substance Benzenamine N-phenyl-Reaction Products with Styrene and 2,4,4-Trimethylpentene (BNST), and products containing BNST, are prohibited under the Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012 with a limited number of exemptions. The regulations were published in the Canada Gazette, on the 2nd of January 2013 and came into force on the 14th of March the