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08/02/10 California Prop 65 Settlement Reached for Handbags and Related Products

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A settlement has been reached under California Proposition 65 related to lead in handbags, wallets and related products. Specific limits were agreed upon based on the types of materials contained in the products. The settling defendants are required to meet the terms of the settlement...Read more

05/02/10 NEWSBYTE: US Senate Proposes ‘Safe Kids Jewelry Act’

The US Senate has proposed a bill, S2975, related to cadmium, barium, and antimony in children’s jewelry. The ban and requirements outlined in this bill are identical to the House of Representatives bill (HR 4428) that was released previously...Read more

04/02/10 NEWSBYTE: States Propose New Appliance Efficiency Legislation

The US States of Massachusetts and Washington have introduced bills addressing appliance efficiency using requirements similar to those of the existing ENERGY STAR® program. Each state will address audio and video products, among other household appliances...Read more

03/02/10 New Guidelines for the Management of the EU Community Rapid Information System ‘RAPEX’

To facilitate the operation of RAPEX and the notification procedure of the General Product Safety Directive (Directive 2001/95/EC), the European Commission (EU) has drawn up guidelines to regulate various aspects of the procedures and, in particular, to establish the content of new notifications...Read more

01/02/10 Washington State Releases Draft Chemical List Related to Children’s Product Safety Act

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The Washington Department of Ecology (WA DOE) has released a draft reporting list of 66 chemicals as part of the pilot rule-making process related to the previously enacted Children’s Product Safety Act. Under this Act, the WA DOE is responsible for creating a list of high priority chemicals...Read more

27/01/10 Bureau Veritas Joins the China Toy Association (CTA) Technical Standardization Committee

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Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services (BVCPS) is pleased to announce that it has become a member of China Toy Association’s (CTA) Technical Standardization Committee as of December 2009. BVCPS will actively participate in CTA technical summits, seminars and training, and other activities initiated by the committee...Read more

25/01/10 NEWSBYTE: Final Rule for Electronic Exemptions Published by CPSC

In early 2009, the CPSC issued an interim final rule on certain electronic parts that would be exempt from the lead requirements listed in Section 101 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)...Read more

22/01/10 NEWSBYTE: Additional 14 Substances Placed on the Candidate List

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published fourteen new substances to be added to the REACH Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern on 13 January 2010...Read more

22/01/10 NEWSBYTE: Northwest Territories, Canada, Institute Single-Use Retail Bag Fee

The Northwest Territories of Canada have instituted a Single-Use Retail Bag Regulation (R-148-2009) fee effective as of January 15, 2010. The Regulation prohibits the sale or distribution of single-use paper and plastic retail bags to grocery stores unless the distributor is registered, or a surcharge has been paid to the Environmental Fund...Read more

20/01/10 NEWSBYTE: Stringent Labelling Guidelines for Products Made in Canada

Beginning July 1, 2010, the Competition Bureau of Canada will enforce new requirements for non-food products labelled “Products of Canada” and “Made in Canada”...Read more

20/01/10 NEWSBYTE: Certain Packaging Exemptions for California Law Expire

Certain exemptions under California’s Toxics in Packaging Prevention Act have expired as of January 1, 2010. These exemptions pertain to recycled materials, reused packaging, controlled distribution, and vitrified labels and are outlined in subdivision (c) of Section 25214.13 of the Act...Read more

18/01/10 China: New GB Standard for Toy Coatings

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The Standardization Administration of the People’s Republic of China (SAC) has recently approved a new National Standard GB 24613-2009, Limit of Harmful Substances of Coatings for Toys, that is applicable to various kinds of toy coatings...Read more

18/01/10 NEWSBYTE: Federal Bill Proposed on Certain Heavy Metals in Children’s Jewelry

The US House of Representatives has issued a proposed bill, H.R. 4428, that would prohibit cadmium, barium and antimony to be present in children’s jewelry. The proposed bill has been deemed the Children’s Toxic Metals Act ...Read more

18/01/10 CPSC Approves Final Rule on Registration Requirements For Durable Infant or Toddler Products

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As mandated by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) Sec. 104(d), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is issuing a final consumer product safety rule that will require each manufacturer of a durable infant or toddler product to...Read more

30/12/09 New Jersey Enacts Fur Labeling Law

kids in winter coats

The Governor of the state of New Jersey has signed into law a regulation requiring a disclosure label on wearing apparel that contains any amount of fur. It should be noted that the labeling information required by the New Jersey law differs from the fur labeling laws of New York and Delaware, as well as that of the FTC...Read more

30/12/09 China: Regulatory Update on the GB and FZ Standards - Softlines Products

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The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) and the Standardization Administration of China (SAC) have updated and approved a series of National Standards related to apparel and home textiles...Read more

29/12/09 ASTM Publishes Second Revision to Consumer Trampoline Standard

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In December 2009, the second revision to Standard ASTM F381-09a, Safety Specification for Components, Assembly, Use and Labeling of Consumer Trampolines, was published. Major changes to the standard include: expansion of the scope to clarify intended use...Read more

22/12/09 Revised ASTM F1169 Full-Size Crib Safety Standard Eliminates Drop Sides

Baby in Crib

ASTM F1169 Full-Size Crib Safety Standard was recently revised to include two structural changes that will impact how full-size cribs are manufactured. The revision also includes a clarification for specific labeling intended to be attached to the crib in a manner that it can be viewed at all times by the caregiver when placing the child into the crib...Read more

21/12/09 CPSC Recalls All Roman and Roll-up Blinds in the US

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On December 15, 2009, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a series of voluntary recalls of Roman shades and roll-up blinds in the US. The most significant of these recalls was an industry-wide recall initiated by the Window Coverings Safety Council (WCSC) to repair all Roman and roll-up blinds...Read more

21/12/09 15 New Potential SVHCs to be Added to ECHA Candidate List

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In a press release dated 7 December 2009, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced 15 new substances identified as potential Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). These substances will formally be added to the Candidate List in January 2010...Read more

21/12/09 NEWSBYTE: EU Energy Related Products Directive

Directive 2009/125/EC, published 31 October 2009, establishes a new framework for the setting of Community eco-design requirements for energy-related products to assist free movement of such products within the European Union (EU) internal market...Read more

18/12/09 CPSC Votes Unanimously For Interim Enforcement Policy On Component Testing to the Lead Limits

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) unanimously voted to approve an interim enforcement policy regarding component part testing and certification for the lead requirements in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). The Statement of policy released on November 3, 2009 is superseded for the sections pertaining to component part testing if the Commission votes in favor of this interim enforcement policy...Read more

18/12/09 NEWSBYTE: CPSC Summarizes Lifting and Extension of the CPSIA Stay of Enforcement

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a press release summarizing the results of the unanimous vote to lift the stay for certain requirements related to children’s and non-children’s products under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)...Read more

18/12/09 Vote Passed to Extend Stay of Enforcement for Lead in Substrates

The Consumer Product Safety Commissioners have voted to extend the testing and certification stay of enforcement for the lead content requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). The Commission voted early to extend the stay an additional year, to February 10, 2011...Read more

08/12/09 New South Wales, Australia, to Regulate Magnetic Toys Under the Fair Trading Act 1987

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As of November 13, 2009, the Fair Trading Regulation 2007 was updated to prescribe a product safety standard for magnetic toys under the Fair Trading Act of 1987. The amended legislation, the Fair Trading Amendment (Magnetic Toys) Regulation 2009, states that magnetic toys must comply...Read more

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