USA Vermont: Department of Health passed rule to amend CHCC in children’s products
AUGUST 2019 - Relevant for: SOFTLINES, TOYS AND CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS
Vermont Department of Health adopted the changes in its rule amendment1of the chemical disclosure program for children’s products. This chemical disclosure program requires manufacturers to report chemicals designated by the state as Chemicals of High Concern in Children’s Products (CHCC). The amendment will be effective on 15 August 2019 and incorporates the requirements of recently passed bill (S.55)2 reported in June.
Key changes included:
- Twenty (20) chemicals are added into the Chemicals of High Concern in Children’s Products (CHCC) list, increasing the list to 86 chemicals;
- Disclosure report must include Global Product Classification (GPC) product brick description;
- Disclosure report shall include Universal Product Code (UPC) if the product has such a code;
- Reporting deadline is on or before 31 August 2020 and annually thereafter.
In this amendment, the Department of Health decided not to include any chemical that degrades to release a listed chemical. This topic and reporting periods will be discussed in a public workshop on 5 September 2019.
Here is a list of 20 newly added Vermont CHCC:
- Bisphenol S
- Dicyclohexyl phthalate
- Diisobutyl phthalate
- Triphenyl phosphate
- Tris (2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate
- Tri-n-butyl phosphate
- Dipentyl phthalate
- Perfluorooctanoic acid
- Bisphenol F
- Ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate
- Tricresyl phosphate
- Tris (1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate
- Bis (2-ethylhexyl) tetrabromophthalate
- Bis (chloromethyl) propane-1,3-diyl tetrakis-(2-chloroethyl) bis (phosphate)
- Isopropylated triphenyl phosphate
- Decabromodiphenyl ethane
- Short-chain chlorinated paraffins; Chlorinated paraffins
- 2-ethylhexyl-2,3,4,5-tetrabromobenzoate
- Lead and lead compounds
- Di-(2-methoxyethyl) phthalate
[1] Updated Rule Amendment of Chemicals of High Concern in Children’s Product
[2] TÜV SÜD E-ssentials 9, June 2019
