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CFIA Publishes its Final Safe Food for Canadians Regulations

16 Jul 2018 Food

On June 13, 2018, the CFIA published its final regulation for the Safe Food for Canadians Act. The purpose of these regulations is to establish consistent, preventive and focused requirements for all foods. It will also consolidate 13 food commodity based regulations and the food provisions in the Consumer Packaging and Labeling Regulations into a single regulation.

US Additional Isolated or Synthetic Non-Digestible Carbohydrates to be Declared as Dietary Fibers

16 Jul 2018 Food

On June 14, 2018, the US FDA issued guidance to the industry that allows food products with eight isolated or synthetic non-digestible carbohydrates to be listed as dietary fiber on the nutrition and supplement facts panel.

New Amendment to EU Toy Standard EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018

12 Jul 2018 Toys and Juvenile Products

CEN has published major revisions to cords and projectile requirements to toy safety standard EN 71-1.

Canada Releases New Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist

12 Jul 2018 Cosmetics, Personal Care and Household

The new hotlist includes amended requirements for four entries and a newly added prohibition on one colorant.

EU Authorizes MBBT (Nano) as a UV Filter in Cosmetic Products

12 Jul 2018 Cosmetics, Personal Care and Household

MBBT (Nano) is now permitted as a UV filter, at a maximum authorized level of 10% and with restricted applications, in cosmetic products.

EU – ECHA Updates SVHC Candidate List to Contain 191 Entries

10 Jul 2018 Hardgoods, Toys and Juvenile Products, Softlines, Electrical and Electronics

On June 27, 2018, the ECHA added ten new SVHCs to the Candidate List. The addition of these new SVHCs brings the total number of entries to 191.

California Proposition 65 Reformulation of BPA in Consumer Products

03 Jul 2018 Hardgoods

Two new Prop 65 settlement agreements involving BPA in thermal paper and cell phone cases have been reached. The parties in these settlements agreed to reformulate BPA in these products. The settlement for cell phone cases also allows the use of a Prop 65 warning as an alternative.

Transportable Drills – EU New Harmonized Standards under MD 2006/42/EC

03 Jul 2018 Electrical and Electronics

EN 62841-3-13:2017 relating to the safety requirements for transportable drills has been listed in the Official Journal of the Machinery Directive.

US Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity

29 Jun 2018 Electrical and Electronics

Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity will replace previous VoC and DoC equipment authorization procedure entirely when 1 year transaction period coming to an end on November 2, 2018. New Requirements of SDoC procedure regarding Responsible party, Labelling requirements, Compliance Information and Testing Laboratory are addressed.

EU Publishes Resolution on Implementation of the Food Contact Materials Regulation

29 Jun 2018 Toys and Juvenile Products, Hardgoods, Food

The EU has published a European Parliament (EP) resolution on implementation of the food contact materials regulation. This non-legal binding resolution calls for a more effective piece of EU-wide legislation on food contact materials and articles.

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CFIA Publishes its Final Safe Food for Canadians Regulations

US Additional Isolated or Synthetic Non-Digestible Carbohydrates to be Declared as Dietary Fibers

New Amendment to EU Toy Standard EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018

Canada Releases New Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist

EU Authorizes MBBT (Nano) as a UV Filter in Cosmetic Products

EU – ECHA Updates SVHC Candidate List to Contain 191 Entries

California Proposition 65 Reformulation of BPA in Consumer Products

Transportable Drills – EU New Harmonized Standards under MD 2006/42/EC

US Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity

EU Publishes Resolution on Implementation of the Food Contact Materials Regulation

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