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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.2015-05-29 12:58:47
According to the WTO notification, the EU Commission has drafted an amendment to REACH Annex XVII to ban textile articles containing more than 0.01% NPEO from being sold within the EU.2015-05-29 12:51:48
On May 11, 2015, OEHHA ( California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment ) has added bisphenol A (BPA) to the proposition 65 list of chemical, known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity.2015-05-14 10:35:42
Recently the European Commission have been notified that Italy is about to change rules on the testing conditions for measuring the migration of chromium, nickel and manganese for stainless steel intended to come into contact with foodstuffs.2015-05-14 10:25:22
Recently the European Commission has notified the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that it is to introduce several amendments to the EU Regulation No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.2015-05-14 10:03:12
In April 2015, all 132 cases were notified by EU RAPEX system, the products of 94 cases within it were from China, 71% of total numbers of the notification. Toy, jewelry, garment/textile, kitchen/cooking equipment etc. are the major type of products.2015-05-14 09:42:25
In April 2015, the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed(RASFF) of EU have notified 22 cases of FCM ( Food Contact Materials ) products. 86%(19 cases) of FCM products notified are originated from China. STQ suggests manufacturers pay high attention on it.