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) |
No início de 2018, a Agência Europeia de Produtos Químicos (ECHA) propôs a alteração do Anexo XVII do Regulamento (CE) nº 1907/2006 - Registro, Avaliação, Autorização e Restrição de Produtos Químicos (REACH) por meio de notificações da Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC). Alguns produtos químicos foram adicionados ao Anexo XVII como substâncias restritas em têxteis e calçados.
Após a aplicação, os seguintes produtos químicos não devem ser colocados em roupas ou acessórios relacionados, produtos têxteis (que entram em contato com a pele de forma semelhante às roupas) e calçados:
| Substâncias | Número CAS | Limite (mg/kg) |
| Cádmio e seus compostos | - | 1 |
| Compostos de cromo VI | - | 1 |
| Compostos de arsênico | - | 1 |
| Chumbo e seus compostos | - | 1 |
| Benzeno | 71-43-2 | 5 |
| Benz[a]antraceno | 56-55-3 | 1 |
| Benz[e]acefenantrileno | 205-99-2 | 1 |
| benzo[a]pireno; benzo[def]criseno | 50-32-8 | 1 |
| Benzo[e]pireno | 192-97-2 | 1 |
| Benzo[j]fluoranteno | 205-82-3 | 1 |
| Benzo[k]fluoranteno | 207-08-9 | 1 |
| Chrysene | 218-01-9 | 1 |
| Dibenz[a,h]antraceno | 53-70-3 | 1 |
| α, α,α,4-tetraclorotolueno; pclorobenzotricloreto | 5216-25-1 | 1 |
| α, α, α-triclorotolueno; benzotricloreto | 98-07-7 | 1 |
| α-clorotolueno; cloreto de benzila | 100-44-7 | 1 |
| Formaldeído | 50-00-0 | 75 300 (somente para jaquetas, casacos ou estofados dentro de 3 anos após a aplicação) |
| Ácido 1,2-benzenodicarboxílico; alquilésteres di-C 6-8 ramificados, ricos em C 7 | 71888-89-6 | 1000 |
| Ftalato de bis(2-metoxietil) | 117-82-8 | 1000 |
| Diisopentilftalato | 605-50-5 | 1000 |
| Ftalato de di-n-pentila (DPP) | 131-18-0 | 1000 |
| Ftalato de di-n-hexila (DnHP) | 84-75-3 | 1000 |
| N-metil-2-pirrolidona; 1-metil-2-pirrolidona (NMP) | 872-50-4 | 3000 |
| N, N-dimetilacetamida (DMAC) | 127-19-5 | 3000 |
| N,N-dimetilformamida; dimetilformamida (DMF) | 68-12-2 | 3000 |
| 1,4,5,8- tetraaminoantraquinona; C.I. Disperse Blue 1 | 2475-45-8 | 50 |
| Cloridrato de benzenamina, 4,4'-(4- iminociclohexa-2,5- dienilidenometileno)dianilina; C.I. Basic Red 9 | 569-61-9 | 50 |
| Cloreto de [4-[4,4'- bis(dimetilamino)benzidrili deno]ciclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ilideno]dimetilamônio; C.I. Basic Violet 3 com ≥ 0,1 % de cetona de Michler (EC no. 202-027-5) | 548-62-9 | 50 |
| Cloreto de 4-cloro-o-toluidínio | 3165-93-3 | 30 |
| Acetato de 2-naftilamônio | 553-00-4 | 30 |
| Sulfato de 4-metoxi-m-fenileno diamônio; sulfato de 2,4-diaminoanisol | 39156-41-7 | 30 |
| Cloridrato de 2,4,5-trimetilanilina | 21436-97-5 | 30 |
| Quinolina | 91-22-5 | 50 |
A restrição proposta não se aplica a:
Roupas, acessórios relacionados ou calçados feitos exclusivamente de couro natural, pele ou couro
Fixadores não têxteis e acessórios decorativos não têxteis
Roupas, acessórios ou calçados de segunda mão
Roupas, acessórios relacionados ou calçados que se enquadram no escopo do Regulamento (UE) 2017/745 sobre Equipamentos de Proteção Individual
Têxteis projetados para uso único ou limitado e que não se destinam a uso posterior para o mesmo propósito ou para um propósito semelhante
Australia/New Zealand News
Na Austrália, quando são identificados perigos em produtos de consumo, os produtos são recolhidos e publicados no Product Safety Australia, que é atualizado diariamente. Os recalls da Austrália de julho de 2017 a janeiro de 2018 estão resumidos abaixo:
| Perigos | Frequência |
| Risco de lesões | 26 |
| Risco de asfixia | 25 |
| Risco de incêndio | 14 |
| Risco de queimadura | 10 |
| Risco de choque elétrico | 8 |
| Risco químico | 5 |
| Outros perigos* | 21 |
* Outros perigos incluem perigo de afogamento, perigo de queda, perigo de ingestão, perigo de laceração, perigo microbiano, perigo de escaldadura, perigo de estrangulamento, perigo de sufocamento e violação do padrão de segurança com uma frequência inferior a 5.
| Categorias de produtos | Frequência |
| Brinquedos e artigos de cuidados infantis | 36 |
| Aparelhos eletrodomésticos (secador de cabelo, ferro de passar, etc.) | 12 |
| Artigos esportivos / Equipamentos | 8 |
| Ferramentas e hardware | 6 |
| Material de contato com alimentos | 5 |
| Tecido / Têxtil / Vestuário / Têxtil doméstico | 5 |
| Outras categorias^ | 20 |
^ Outras categorias incluem Velas e itens para queima e acessórios, Computador / Áudio / Vídeo / Outros eletrônicos e acessórios, Cosméticos / Cuidados com o corpo, Calçados, Móveis, Artigos para o lar (sem contato com alimentos), Joias, Relógios ou outros acessórios de moda, Equipamentos de iluminação e Auxílio para caminhada de idosos com frequência inferior a 5.
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