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Executive Interview: Simin Zhou speaks with Manufacturing Engineering

Simin Zhou, Vice President of UL’s Digital Manufacturing Technologies team recently spoke with Bill Koenig, Senior Editor at Manufacturing Engineering. Simin and Bill discussed if a company…

California DTSC Publishes Final Safer Consumer Product Regulation Priority Product Work Plan

Launched in 2007, California’s Green Chemistry Initiative included six policy recommendations to reduce public and environmental exposure to hazardous chemicals. The Safer Consumer Products…

UL Environment joins ASID in commitment to Clinton Global Initiative

UL Environment joins 12 other organizations in engaging with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) in its 2014 Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) Commitment to…

BPC Issues 12 Approvals for 4 Substances and 1 Non-Approval

The Biocidal Products Committee (BPC) of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has issued 12 active substances for approvals, and 1 non-approval. The following are approved: Substance …

BSMI Issues Announcement for Legal Inspection of Toys Commodities

The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) of Taiwan has issued an Announcement for Legal Inspection of Toys Commodities which addresses the publication of the revised version…

CAA Announces New Food Labeling Regulation

The Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) of Japan announced a new food labeling regulation, requiring mandatory labeling of nutritional information on the packaging. The nutritional information…

California Introduces Bill Requiring the Disclosure of Toxic Chemicals in Juvenile Products

The State of California has introduced CA SB 763: Juvenile products: flame retardant chemicals that would require the disclosure of toxic chemicals in juvenile products. The bill’s…

California Issues Bill to Disclose Ingredients of “Chemically Formulated Consumer Product”

The State of California has introduced Assembly Bill 708 that will require the disclosure of all ingredients used in a “chemically formulated consumer product.” The legislation is prompted…

CPSC Reviews Flammability of Mattress Sets Standard

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is currently reviewing the Standard for the Flammability (Open Flame) of Mattress Sets (Mattress Standard) as set forth in 16 CFR Part…

EC Consults on Cosmetic Ingredients

The European Commission (EC) has consulted the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) regarding the safe use of the following cosmetic ingredients: Tetrahydropyranyloxy Phenol …

EC Issues Draft Commission Regulations for Health Claims Made on Food

The European Commission has issued two draft commission regulations aiming to reject certain health claims made on food in relation to children’s development and health and that are not…

EC Requests Data on Nano Cosmetic Ingredients

The European Commission (EC) has requested comments on the following nano cosmetic ingredients: Nano colloidal silver Nano styrene/acrylates copolymer Nano sodium styrene/acrylates…

Egypt Notifies WTO on the Ministerial Decree for the Safety Requirements of Toys

On March 5, 2015, the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS) has notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the issuance of Ministerial Decree No. 134/2014…

Environment Canada Publishes New SNAc Provisions on a Substance

Environment Canada has officially published the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) 1999 Significant New Activity (SNAc) Notice No. 17909 regarding the substance 9-decenamide, N,N…

EOS Releases Egyptian Standard for Care Labeling of Textiles

The Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS) has released Standard ES 1405/2014 "Care Labelling Code Using Symbols," and mandated by Ministerial Decree no. 423/2005 for…

EPA Releases New Safer Choice Label for Household Products

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its new “Safer Choice” label for household chemicals, that will replace the EPA's Design for the Environment (DfE) labeling. The…

EU Publishes Updated List of Harmonized Standards

A new list of harmonized standards under Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC was published in the Official Journal of the European Union and notified by Communication C2015 087-02 on March 13,…

Health Canada Publishes Notice Related to Lecithin in Infant Formula

Health Canada has published a notice communicating the new allowed level of the use of lecithin in infant formula. The Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling,…

Illinois State Legislature Aims to Amend Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act

The State Legislature of Illinois has introduced House Bill 3495 amending the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. The amendment proposes the addition of Section 5 which would require…

Ireland Enforces New Rules for Country of Origin Labeling

Ireland has signed into law new rules for country of origin labeling on packaged meat products, effective April 1, 2015. The new rule is applicable to food business operators, including…

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