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On 14 January 2016, the EU Official Journal has published a new Regulation (EU) 2016/26, amending REACH Annex XVII to ban textile articles containing more than 0.01% NPEO from being sold on the market of EU.2016-01-17 13:09:03
A new Decree (Ministry Decree No.195 of 6 August 2015) has been adopted by the Italy Ministry of Health recently, amending the test conditions of stainless steel articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs.2016-01-12 10:47:14
In December 2015, the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed(RASFF) of EU have notified 12 cases of Food Contact Materials (FCM) products, 11 cases of which are originated from China. The subject notified are mainly overall migration and migration of chromium, nickel, manganese from stainless steel articles, color migration from nylon tongs and so on. The details are as below:2016-01-12 10:40:48
On 24 November 2015, the EU Offical Journal published three new directives (EU) 2015/2115, (EU) 2015/2116 and (EU) 2015/2117, amending Appendix C of the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC. The following restrictions have now been added to Appendix C:2016-01-12 10:38:28
On 14 November 2015, the EU Offical Journal published a new regulation (EU) 2015/2030, amending Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 on persistent organic pollutants(POPs) as regards Annex I. According to the amendment, the production, placing on the market and use of substances or preparations containing SCCPs in concentrations lower than 1 % by weight or articles containing SCCPs in concentrations lower than 0,15 % by weight shall be allow2016-01-06 13:41:10
On 17 December, 2015, ECHA added five new substances to SVHC candidate list, which now contains 168 substances in total.2015-09-28 13:14:45
On 16th September 2015, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) issued a new test method IEC 62321-7-1:2015, which describes a boiling water extraction procedure intended to provide a qualitative determination of the presence of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) in colourless and coloured corrosion-protection coatings on metallic samples.2015-09-07 11:24:36
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) launched a public consultation on seven proposals to identify new substances of very high concern (SVHCs) recently. And the deadline for commenting is 15th October 2015.2015-09-07 11:18:32
In August 2015, the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed(RASFF) of EU have notified 10 cases of Food Contact Materials (FCM) products, 9 cases of which are originated from China.2015-09-07 11:06:28
In August 2015, 110 cases of products were notified by EU RAPEX system, of which 60 cases (55%) were originated from China.....2015-08-28 15:52:50
A new standard EN 1811:2011+A1:2015 was published recently, amending EN 1811:2011 on compliance requirements of nickel release. This standard supports essential requirements of REACH Annex XVII.2015-06-16 10:34:19
On 15 June, 2015, ECHA added two new substances to SVHC candidate list, which now contains 163 substances in total.2015-06-08 13:03:13
In May 2015, the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed(RASFF) of EU have notified 9 cases of Food Contact Materials (FCM) products, among which 5 cases of the products notified are originated from China. The products notified are mainly melamine plate, stainless steel and nylon kitchen utensils, and the subject notified are melamine, heavy metal and PAA migration.2015-06-05 10:20:21
On 4 June, 2015, the EU Official Journal has published a new Directive (EU) 2015/863 to amend Annex II to RoHS2.0 (Directive 2011/65/EU). DEHP, BBP, DBP and DIBP were added to the list of restricted substances of Annex II.