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February 2012  
1.
 ASTM Publishes Revised Toy Safety Standard – F963-11 - Intertek
ASTM on December 15, 2011 published revised toy safety standard F963-11 as part of its ongoing effort to monitor and proactively address any issues pertaining to toy safety....
10 Feb 2012
2.
 CPSC’s Position on Children’s Loungewear - Intertek
On December 22, 2011, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Office of Compliance and Field Operations issued a letter that they would deem loungewear as children’s sleepwear, requiring it to meet the...
10 Feb 2012

December 2011  
1.
 China Textile and Footwear Standard Updates - Intertek
From Feb.1, 2012, new textile and footwear standards become enforceable in China domestic market. The updated standards are listed below for the textile and footwear companies to have an overview of the latest requirements...
20 Dec 2011
2.
 EU Issues New Regulation Covering Fibre Content and Textile Labelling - Intertek
The European Union has published the new legislation on textile labelling in the Official Journal on 18th October 2011....
20 Dec 2011
3.
 EN71-8: 2011 Published - Intertek
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has recently published EN71-8: 2011 Activity Toys for Domestic Use. It shall supersede EN 71-8: 2003 + A4: 2009 and is expected to become a mandatory standard offering a presumption...
20 Dec 2011
4.
 EN71-8:2011 Published in Official Journal of the European Union - Intertek
Pursuant to Intertek news update CN-713, EN71-8:2011 Activity Toys for Domestic Use has been published in the EU Official Journal. It shall supersede EN 71-8:2003+A4:2009 and has become a mandatory standard offering a presumption ...
20 Dec 2011
5.
 ASTM Publishes Children’s Jewelry Safety Standard - Intertek
On November 7th ASTM published F2923-11 Standard Specification for Consumer Product Safety for Children’s Jewelry. The standard defines ‘Children’s jewelry’ as jewelry primarily intended for children 12 years of age or younger, which is in line with...
20 Dec 2011
6.
 Electric Toys Standard EN 62115:2005/A2:2011 Harmonized - Intertek
EN 62115 Safety of Electric Toys is an international standard which assesses the safety of toys that have at least one function dependent on electricity. On August 11, 2011, the Safety of Electrical Toys Standard, EN 62115:2005/A2:2011, has been...
20 Dec 2011

November 2011  
1.
 RoHS New Exemptions Published - 2011/543/EU - Intertek
Commission Decision 2011/534/EC amending for Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS Directive) published in September 2011. Commission grants further RoHS exemptions for lead and cadmium...
2 Nov 2011

October 2011  
1.
 New York State Approves Ban on TRIS in Child Care Products - Intertek
On 1 August, 2011, the Governor of New York State signed to approve a bill into the Children and Babies Act. The aim of this act is to prohibit the sale of child care products containing the flame retardant TRIS compounds...
4 Oct 2011
2.
 Bedding Products Market Inspection Focused More Attention on the Labeling of Product Standards - Intertek
Recently, the Pingyi County Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, Shangdong Province conducted a sampling inspection on bedding products including bedspreads, quilt covers, pillows, etc...
4 Oct 2011
3.
 Exporting to Saudi - Saudi Ban on 127 Volt Products and Other Voltage Restrictions - Intertek
The Saudi Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoCI) has notified the Saudi Customs through a circular that the following electrical products are to be banned, and the individual dates of implementation of these bans are as follows: ...
4 Oct 2011

September 2011  
1.
 Analysis of 2011 Guangdong Product Quality Supervision and Inspection for Sunglasses - Intertek
The Guangdong Bureau of Product Quality Supervision conducted spot-checks for 150 batches of sunglasses from 150 companies located in 19 cities of Guangdong (excluding Zhanjiang, Jiangmen and Shunde). Among the samples...
26 Sept 2011
2.
 55.8% of Shanghai Apparel Imports did not Qualify During First Half 2011 - Intertek
On August 10, 2011, apparel imports inspection data for the first half of 2011 was issued by Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine and showed that 55.8% of imported apparel ...
26 Sept 2011
3.
 EU Directive Adds a New Fibre to List of Generic Fibre Names - Intertek
The European commission has issued a new directive which adds a new generic fibre to the list of fibre names. ...
26 Sept 2011
4.
 Nickel Release - New European Standards Published - Intertek
The European reference test method to verify compliance with the REACH Annex XVII restrictions on nickel release from metallic articles with direct prolonged skin contact has been amended. Those products covered include ear...
26 Sept 2011
5.
 The US CPSC Adopts ASTM Toy Safety Standards - Intertek
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a notice to address the CPSC acceptance requirements for accreditation of third-party conformity assessment bodies for testing toys, pursuant to ASTM F963-08...
26 Sept 2011
6.
 New ASTM F963 Standard Proposed - Intertek
Several sections to the ASTM F963-08 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety, the mandatory toy standard under CPSIA Section 106, are in the process of being revised and balloted by the ASTM committee....
26 Sept 2011
7.
 ECHA published 20 more potential SHVCs for public comment - Intertek
29 August 2011, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published proposals to identify 20 chemicals as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs). From the last publication six months ago, the number of dossiers has more than doubled...
26 Sept 2011
8.
 Washington Adopts the Final Rule for the Children's Safe Product Act - Intertek
The Washington Department of Ecology has adopted the final rule (Chapter 173-334 WAC) to carry out the state's groundbreaking Children's Safe Product Act. The rule is designed to collect information that will help government ...
26 Sept 2011