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Mexico recently issued a mandatory standard for wood-burning cooking stoves, which will apply from 7 May 2026, and is seeking input through 30 December 2025 on proposed requirements for LED tubular lamps.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/843 has entered into force EU-wide, restricting use of the chemical substance UV-328. This new Regulation amends Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards UV-328. Importantly, the new Regulation restricts the placing on the market of products, including imports, containing UV-328. Hong Kong companies may be aware that this substance is commonly used to protect plastics and coatings from degradation due to UV light.
The State Administration for Market Regulation began implementing a batch of major national standards on 1 September, aimed at supporting the regulation of emerging and future industries, promoting energy conservation, emissions reduction and efficiency improvements, facilitating a good consumption environment, and protecting people’s lives and property.
On May 8, 2025, the FDA issued a letter to retailers, distributors and importers informing them that dinnerware products such as bowls, plates, cups and utensils made from the sheath of A. catechu palm leaves have the potential to leach toxic alkaloid chemicals into food.
On 12 June 2025, the European Commission published a draft implementing Regulation creating a common disclosure format for the discarding and destruction of unsold consumer products. The disclosure obligation focuses on the discarding of unsold consumer products for the purposes of any type of waste treatment operation including for reuse and recycling. Feedback on the draft implementing Regulation is invited until 10 July 2025.
