March 2018
North America News
Below is a summary of recently updated ASTM standards:
| ASTM Standard No. | Detail |
| ASTM F406-17 | Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards Establishes testing requirements for structural integrity and performance for non-full-size cribs/play yards, for both rigid sided and mesh/fabric assemblies. It also provides requirements for labeling and instructional material. |
On November 30, 2017, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking on Federal Register, 82 FR 56752, regarding safety rules for clothing storage units tipping over.
According to the notice, the CPSC is aware of numerous injuries and deaths resulting from furniture tip overs. Therefore, to address the risk, the CPSC staff reviewed incident data for furniture tipping over. It was determined that clothing storage units consisting of chests, bureaus and dressers were the primary furniture category involved in fatal and injury incidents. Thus, the CPSC is inviting comments concerning the risk of injury associated with clothing storage units tipping over. The comment period ends April 14, 2018.
On February 1, 2018, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a final rule on Federal Register, 83 FR 4578, regarding third party laboratories testing requirements for specified phthalates in children’s toys and child care articles.
According to the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA), consumer products subject to rule, ban, standard or regulation enforced by the CPSC shall be tested and certified for compliance through an accredited third-party conformity assessment body (TCB).
In the final rule, updates are provided regarding the requirement for the accreditation of third party laboratories to assess conformity to 16 CFR 1307 - Prohibition of certain phthalates in toys and child care articles, which was established on October 27, 2017 (See test). These updates will be effective April 25, 2018.
During the two years from the date of publication of the final rule, the CPSC will accept testing results to the new phthalates prohibitions from laboratories that are CPSC-accepted to the old method(CPSC-CH-C1001-09.3(2010)) to allow adequate time for laboratories to apply to the new method (CPSC-CH-C1001-09.4(2018)).
US CPSC Issues Direct Final Rule to Expand the Exemption for Certain Plastics in Phthalates Prohibition in Toys and Child Care Articles
On January 26, 2018, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a direct final rule on Federal Register, 83 FR 3583, to revise the exemption for certain plastics in relation to the updated phthalates prohibition in toys and child care articles.
On January 26, 2018, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a direct final rule on Federal Register, 83 FR 3583, to revise the exemption for certain plastics in relation to the updated phthalates prohibition in toys and child care articles.
In the recent updates on phthalates prohibitions (16 CFR 1307), a revision has been made to the phthalates included on the list (See test). Thus, the CPSC issued a direct final rule to revise the phthalates in order to match with the updated prohibition. Therefore, 16 CFR 1308, regarding the determination of certain plastics to be exempted from third party testing requirements, is expanded to the updated prohibition (See test).
The direct final rule will be effective April 25, 2018.
On January 6, 2018, the Department of the Environment (DOE) and the Department of Health (DOH) proposed Prohibition of Asbestos and Asbestos Product Regulations. Meanwhile, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 was proposed to be updated to include additional types of asbestos.
One year after DOE and DOH issued a notice of intent to develop regulations regarding asbestos, they proposed the regulations and the key requirements for consumer products that are summarised below:
A person must not manufacture a product that contains asbestos
A person must not import, sell or use processed asbestos fibre or a product that contains asbestos
The Export Control List of Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 was also amended to include:
Part 2 Substances Subject to Notification or Consent
Methamidophos (CAS 10265-92-6)
Actinolite (CAS 77536-66-4)
Anthophyllite (CAS 77536-67-5)
Amosite (CAS 12172-73-5)
Crocidolite (CAS 12001-28-4)
Tremolite (CAS 77536-68-6)
Part 3 Restricted Substances
Chrysotile asbestos (CAS 12001-29-5)
The proposed amendment is under a comment period until March 22, 2018.
Europe News
On January 11, 2018, Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/35 was published to add Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) and Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) to the Annex XVII List of Restriction under Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 (REACH). The effective date of the regulation was January 31, 2018.
In the regulation, usage of Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) and Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) are restricted and it will be enforced starting on January 31, 2020 (See test).
| Item | Chemical | Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Number (European Community (EC) Number) | Conditions |
| 70 | Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) | 556-67-2 (209-136-7) 541-02-6 (208-764-6) | 1. Shall not be placed on the market in wash-off cosmetic products in a concentration equal to or greater than 0.1% by weight (Wash-off cosmetic products mean cosmetic products that are washed off with water after application) |
2018年初，欧洲化学品管理局（ECHA）提议通过世界贸易组织（WTO）通知，修订第1907/2006号法规《化学品注册、评估、许可和限制》（REACH）附件十七。附件 XVII 中增加了某些化学品，作为纺织品和鞋类中的限制物质。
执法时，不得在服装或相关配件、纺织品（与皮肤接触程度与服装类似）和鞋类中放置以下化学品：
| 物质 | 化学文摘社编号 | 限值（毫克/千克） |
| 镉及其化合物 | - | 1 |
| 六价铬化合物 | - | 1 |
| 砷化合物 | - | 1 |
| 铅及其化合物 | - | 1 |
| 苯 | 71-43-2 | 5 |
| 苯并[a]蒽 | 56-55-3 | 1 |
| 苯并[e]荧蒽 | 205-99-2 | 1 |
| 苯并[a]芘；苯并[def]菊烯 | 50-32-8 | 1 |
| 苯并[e]芘 | 192-97-2 | 1 |
| 苯并[j]荧蒽 | 205-82-3 | 1 |
| 苯并[k]荧蒽 | 207-08-9 | 1 |
| Chrysene | 218-01-9 | 1 |
| 二苯并[a,h]蒽 | 53-70-3 | 1 |
| α，α，α，4-四氯甲苯；对氯三氯甲苯 | 5216-25-1 | 1 |
| α、α、α-三氯甲苯；三氯化苯 | 98-07-7 | 1 |
| α-氯甲苯；氯化苄 | 100-44-7 | 1 |
| 甲醛 | 50-00-0 | 75 300（仅适用于执行后 3 年内的夹克、大衣或室内装潢） |
| 1,2-苯二甲酸；二 C 6-8 支链烷基酯，富 C 7 | 71888-89-6 | 1000 |
| 邻苯二甲酸二（2-甲氧基乙基）酯 | 117-82-8 | 1000 |
| 邻苯二甲酸二异戊酯 | 605-50-5 | 1000 |
| 邻苯二甲酸二正戊酯（DPP） | 131-18-0 | 1000 |
| 邻苯二甲酸二正己酯（DnHP） | 84-75-3 | 1000 |
| N-甲基-2-吡咯烷酮；1-甲基-2-吡咯烷酮（NMP） | 872-50-4 | 3000 |
| N，N-二甲基乙酰胺（DMAC） | 127-19-5 | 3000 |
| N,N-二甲基甲酰胺；二甲基甲酰胺（DMF） | 68-12-2 | 3000 |
| 1,4,5,8-四氨基蒽醌；C.I. 分散蓝 1 | 2475-45-8 | 50 |
| 苯胺、4,4'-(4-亚氨基环己-2,5-二亚乙基亚甲基)二苯胺盐酸盐；C.I. 碱性红 9 | 569-61-9 | 50 |
| [4-[4,4'-双（二甲基氨基）苯并二氢二烯]环己-2,5-二烯-1-亚基]二甲基氯化铵；C.I. 碱性紫 3，≥ 0.1 % 的 Michler 酮（EC 编号：202-027-5） | 548-62-9 | 50 |
| 4-氯-邻甲基苯胺氯化物 | 3165-93-3 | 30 |
| 2-萘基乙酸铵 | 553-00-4 | 30 |
| 4-甲氧基间苯二胺硫酸盐；2,4-二氨基苯甲醚硫酸盐 | 39156-41-7 | 30 |
| 2,4,5-三甲基苯胺盐酸盐 | 21436-97-5 | 30 |
| 喹啉 | 91-22-5 | 50 |
拟议的限制不适用于
完全由天然皮革、毛皮或兽皮制成的服装、相关配件或鞋类
非织物紧固件和非织物装饰附件
二手服装、相关配件或鞋类
属于《个人防护装备条例》（欧盟）2017/745 范围内的服装、相关配件或鞋袜
设计用于一次性或有限时间内使用，且不打算随后用于相同或类似用途的纺织品
Australia/New Zealand News
在澳大利亚，一旦发现消费品存在危害，产品就会被召回，并在每天更新的《澳大利亚产品安全》上公布。2017 年 7 月至 2018 年 1 月的澳大利亚召回情况汇总如下：
| 危险 | 频率 |
| 伤害危险 | 26 |
| 窒息危险 | 25 |
| 火灾危险 | 14 |
| 烧伤危险 | 10 |
| 电击危险 | 8 |
| 化学危害 | 5 |
| 其他危害* | 21 |
* 其他危险包括溺水危险、坠落危险、摄入危险、撕裂危险、微生物危险、烫伤危险、勒死危险、窒息危险和违反安全标准（频率低于 5 次）。
| 产品类别 | 频率 |
| 玩具和育儿文章 | 36 |
| 家用电器（吹风机、电熨斗等） | 12 |
| 体育用品/装备 | 8 |
| 工具和硬件 | 6 |
| 食品接触材料 | 5 |
| 织物 / 纺织品 / 服装 / 家纺 | 5 |
| 其他类别^ | 20 |
其他類別包括蠟燭及燃燒用品及配件、電腦／音響／視像／其他電子產品及配件、化妝品／身體護理用品、鞋履、傢俬、家居用品（非食物接觸用品）、珠寶、手錶或其他時裝配件、照明設備及長者助行器（頻率少於 5 次）。
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