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Sep 18, 2014

AU/NZ GEMS Update - External Power Supplies Determination – Consultation on proposed changes to allow for Mark VI efficiency level

The Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (External Power Supplies) Determination 2012 currently permits External Power Supply (EPS) products to be marked only at level III, IV and V…

Sep 17, 2014

California DTSC Releases Draft Priority Product Work Plan

Details The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has released its Draft Priority Product Work Plan (Work Plan) identifying product categories from which Priority…

Sep 17, 2014

UL Introduces New WERCSmart Conflict Minerals Platform to Meet Dodd-Frank Conflict Minerals Requirements

UL’s newest division finds conflict minerals hiding in complex global supply chains and helps companies meet reporting requirements September 16, 2014 – Northbrook, IL – UL’s…

Sep 16, 2014

New Wearable Technologies Conference in Taipei Helps Manufacturers Build Regulatory Knowledge Foundation

Taipei Sept. 16, 2014 – UL (Underwriters Laboratories), a global safety science leader, announced today it will host a conference on Wearable Technologies featuring product testing and…

Sep 11, 2014

UL Warns of Potentially Hazardous Portable Battery Packs (Release 14PN-17)

NORTHBROOK, IL- September 11, 2014 - The following is a notification from UL that the portable battery packs identified below are provided with an unauthorized UL Mark for the United States…

Sep 4, 2014

Wireless: 60GHz Technologies and Testing

With the increase in bandwidth-hungry wireless applications such as high definition uncompressed video streaming, wireless display, and large file transfer, this has driven demand for…

Sep 2, 2014

UL Environment and LG Electronics Announce First GREENGUARD Certified Television

UL Environment Tests and Certifies LG’s Curved OLED TV for Low Emissions UL Environment, a business unit of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), and LG Electronics USA today announced the…

Aug 28, 2014

UL Offers Redlined Standards

NORTHBROOK, IL, July 31, 2014 – UL (Underwriters Laboratories), a global safety science leader, has announced today that effective immediately, all registered users of the Standards…

Aug 27, 2014

EU and SCHER Open Public Consultation to Revise Chromium VI Limits in Toys

Details On August 1, 2014 the European Commission (EC) and the Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER) launched a public consultation on the preliminary opinion to…

Aug 25, 2014

First Sustainability Standard for Household Portable and Floor Care Appliances Developed to Identify Environmentally Responsible Products

August 25, 2014 -- The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), CSA Group, and UL Environment today announced the release of AHAM 7002-2014/CSA SPE-7002-14/UL 7002,…

Aug 22, 2014

UL Warns of Counterfeit UL Mark on Photovoltaic Panels (Release 14PN-16)

NORTHBROOK, IL – August 22, 2014 – The following is a notification from UL that the photovoltaic panel identified below bears a counterfeit UL Mark for the United States and Canada. The…

Aug 22, 2014

Updated UL/IEC60950-1 Ed. 2, Am. 2 Certification Impact Analysis

An updated UL/IEC 60950-1, Ed. 2, Am. 2 Certification Impact Analysis now is available, which includes added material that reflects the pending content of the National Differences in the…

Aug 21, 2014

Nine Substances Added to the Authorization List – Annex XIV of REACH (EU)

Details The European Union (EU) has adopted the Commission Regulation (EU) No 895/2014 amending Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on…

Aug 21, 2014

REACH Sunset Dates Pending for Four Phthalates

Details Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) directs a sunset date…

Aug 20, 2014

ASTM Publishes Two Textile Terminology and Fibers Testing Standards

The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) has published two standards concerning textile terminology and textile fiber testing. ASTM D3136 - 14 Standard Terminology Relating to…

Aug 20, 2014

Belarus Makes Textile Imports Compliance Mandatory

Belarus, which is part of the three-nation Customs Union comprising of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan, has made it mandatory for textile imports to have documents certifying their…

Aug 20, 2014

Brazil Drafts Technical Regulation for Toys Including Parts & Accessories

The National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO) of Brazil has drafted a toy technical regulation to monitor the safety of parts and accessories under the Ordinance Nº…

Aug 20, 2014

ECHA Releases EC Inventory

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has released the EC Inventory, or chemicals inventory of data it has received since it was founded back in 2008. Divided into the three parts, the EC…

Aug 20, 2014

EU Announces Amendments on the Annexes III, V and VI on Cosmetic Products

The European Union (EU) has amended Annexes III, V and VI to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council on cosmetic products. Amendments made to e.g. C16…

Aug 20, 2014

FDA Now Requires Food Labeled Gluten-Free to Follow Labeling Rule

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ruled that all foods labeled gluten-free must meet all requirements of the gluten-free labeling final rule published in August 2013. The…