Your regular update for technical and industry information
Your regular update for technical and industry information
The Consumer Products & Retail E-ssentials covers the latest regulations, standards and Global Market Access news relevant to electrical & electronics, hardlines, softlines and toys & children’s products.
USA: CPSC updates safety standard for gates and enclosures
EU: PFHxS and Dechlorane plus will be proposed under POPs instead of REACH
EU: European Union adopted the limit value for Hexachlorobenzene under POPs regulation
USA: federal standard for infant walkers updated
EU: European Union POPs draft updates of PFOA PFOS HBCDD PCB and newly listing PFHxS
USA: New York published its final program policy for Organohalogen flame retardants
USA: CPSC publishes final rule for safety standard for clothing storage units
USA: CPSC updates safety standard for infant swings
USA: CPSC proposed to amend the standard for the flammability of clothing textiles
Philippines: New Technical Regulation Concerning Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment and Station
EU: EU launched public consultation on MCCP under REACH Annex XVII
EU: the European Commission adopts new regulation for food contact recycled plastics
USA: CPSC publishes final rule for new federal safety standard for magnets
USA: Federal standard for sling carriers updated
USA: New federal standards coming for button cell and coin batteries
AUS: ACCC Seeks Feedback For Infant Sleep Products
USA: California Proposition 65 first case on BPA in socks is settled
USA: CPSC updates safety standard for frame child carriers
UK BEIS updates designated standards for toy safety
USA: revision to safety standard for infant bouncer seats
EU: REACH public consultation for the 28th update of candidate list was launched
USA: CPSC updates mandatory standard for baby changing products
USA: Maryland passes law banning PFAS from certain products
EU: REACH WTO draft restriction on Formaldehyde
USA: Crib bumpers and infant inclined sleepers will now be banned
Canada: Proposed prohibition of certain toxic substances regulation, 2022
Australia: ACCC publishes consultation paper on furniture toppling
USA-CPSC publishes the final rule on safety standard for crib mattresses
Portugal enacted the decree on the use of ‘leather’ and related terminologies
EU: EC ends certain RoHS mercury exemptions in lamps
USA: California identified PFOA as carcinogenic chemical under Prop 65
Australia: Review of safety standard for toys up to and including 3 years old
EU REACH: Public consultation for the 26th update of candidate list launched
France: Childcare articles standards under decree No. 91-1292 updated
Australia: Amended Consumer Goods (Projectile Toys) Safety Standard was published
Japan: The Radio Act Enforcement Regulations was amended
Mexico: Approval of Standard No. NMX-I-62368-1-NYCE-2020 on electronic equipment
Canada: Formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products will be restricted
EU: Enforcement action on bamboo additives in food contact plastics has landed
USA: Maine bans PFAS in products
USA: FTC publishes final rule for 16 CFR 323 “Made in USA” labeling
USA: California Proposition 65 reformulation updates
EU: New REACH Annex XVII restriction on PAHs in granules and mulches was published
EU REACH candidate list includes 219 SVHCs now
India Extends the implementation date for mandatory BIS plug socket standards
Vietnam List of potentially unsafe ICT products subject to certification update
KSA New implementation date for SASO IEC 6236812020
Singapore NEA to enhance Minimum Energy Performance Standards for refrigerators
EU: European Commission adopts aniline restriction in toys
USA: ASTM updates F2123-19 standard practice for tree-stand instructions to F2123-21
USA: CPSC publishes new regulations on infant sleepers
USA: California adopted carpets and rugs with PFAS as a priority product
Canada: Health Canada published new notice to stakeholders on use of flame retardants
USA: CPSC amends the standard for the flammability of mattresses and mattress pads
EU: Launched public consultation on dechlorane plus under REACH Annex XVII
India: Extends the effective date of the three footwear quality control orders
USA: CPSC updates Safety Standard for high chairs
EU REACH: The European Commission updates nickel release testing method
USA: Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a direct final rule on the Standard for the Flammability of Upholstered Furniture
Austria: Results of compliance check for food contact materials
Japan: Perfluorooctanoic acid banned for certain imported products
USA: EPA postponed Compliance Date of PIP (3:1) under TSCA
UK: The BSI updates the Community Face Coverings Specification (BSI Flex 5555 v2.0)
Canada: Health Canada updates Industry Guide to the Glazed Ceramics and Glassware Regulations
Jordan: New Telecommunications Technical Rules and Specifications for terminal equipment
Mexico: Approval of the Conformity Assessment Procedure for telecommunications and radio equipment
Belgium: The New Royal Decree on Food Contact Metals and Alloys
EU REACH: Public Consultation for the 25th update of the Candidate List
USA: Oregon Toxic-Free Kids Act reached final implementation phase
New features on Product Services Certification Finder
EU: Market withdrawal of harmful food contact bamboo-melamine plastics
EU: Recent updates to marking requirements for single-use plastic products
EU: REACH SVHC Roadmap 2020 is completed
India: approves Footwear Quality Control Orders mandating certification requirements
EU: POPs sets a limit for Pentachlorophenol
Colombia: extends validity of Technical Regulation for Lighting and Public Lighting (RETILAP)
Thailand: establishment of Industrial Standard TIS 902-2(5) on floodlights
USA: TPCH Updates Model Toxics in Packaging Legislation
EU REACH: Candidate list contains 211 SVHCs now
USA adopts the California’s TB 117-2013 as federal flammability standard for upholstered furniture
USA: CPSC updates safety standard for infant swings
USA: EPA bans five PBT chemicals
USA: California moves to limit the use of Proposition 65 short-form warning
France: Updated standard list for decree no 96 333 on portable ladders and step stools
EU REACH: Various entries of annex XVII are updated
EU: Toy flammability standard EN 71 2 updated to 2020 version
EU: CEN published CEN TR 15071 2020 for national translations of warnings and instructions for toys
EU: Standard EN 71 4 2020 for toy experimental set published
EU: The commission announces new marking specifications for single use plastic products
USA: Massachusetts passes bill to ban toxic flame retardants
France: Updated standard list for decree no 2006 1129 on lighters
Mexico: Standard NMX-J-521-2-31-ANCE-2018 on safety requirements for cooker hoods
KSA: TÜV SÜD Middle East has scope extension for SALEEM scheme
USA: EPA updates TSCA formaldehyde in composite wood requirement
Panama: Refrigerators and freezers energy efficiency and labelling requirements in force
Vietnam: TÜV SÜD PSB successfully signs MoU with Vietnam Certification Centre QUACERT
EU REACH: Public Consultation of the 22nd update of Candidate List
USA: New Hampshire bans flame retardants in upholstered furniture
Germany: The list of standards and other technical specifications under ProdSG updated
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