MANY PRODUCTS FOUND NOT TO COMPLY WITH THE POPS REGULATION

Many products have been notified by RAPEX (the EU Rapid Information System for nonfood products) because of SCCPs being over limit. The products do not comply with the POPs Regulation. According to the statistics report of RAPEX in 2015, about 62% of the notified products  originate from China (including Hong Kong). Product types mainly include Children

WASHINGTON ISSUES GUIDANCE FOR LEAD, CADMIUM, AND PHTHALATES IN CHILDREN’S PRODUCTS

Background Washington enforced limits on lead, cadmium, and phthalates in children’s products in 2008. On the 14th of August of that year Congress enacted the  Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), P.L. 110–314. The federal CPSIA imposes its own limits on lead, certain phthalates, and cadmium (among other substances) in certain categories of children’s products.

HONG KONG PUBLISHED THE TOYS AND CHILDREN’S PRODUCTS SAFETY ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULES 1 AND 2) NOTICE 2016 IN THE GAZETTE

The Hong Kong Government published in the Gazette the Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Notice 2016 on the 15th of January 2016. The Notice seeks to update the safety standards for toys and some children’s products listed in Schedule 1 (toy standards) and Schedule 2 (product standards) under the

CTI CCC DESIGNATED LABORATORY FOR ELECTRIC TOY PRODUCTS

On the 7th of September 2015, the commission’s official website released the 26th announcement “CNCA designated mandatory product certification bodies and laboratories notice”, The announcement declared Centre Testing International Group Co., LTD an accredited CCC designated laboratories for electric toy products. CCC certification is called the “compulsory product certification system”, the English name is the China Compulsory Certification.

EU FREQUENTLY RECALLS TOYS AND CHILDCARE ARTICLES CONTAINING PHTHALALTES ABOVE THE PERMITTED LEVELS

Phthalates has always been the focus of EU Customs inspection on 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 Consumer Products