16 November 2017, The REACH-En-Force-4 (Ref-4) project, coordinated by the ECHA Enforcement Forum, looked at 14 restriction entries in REACH Annex XVII across 29 countries. The report revealed that almost a fifth of toys were non-compliant with EU restriction on phthalates.
Among its most significant findings of non-compliance were:
- 19.7% of 464 toy products, tested for the phthalates DEHP, DBP and BBP;
- 14.1% of 86 brazing fillers, tested for cadmium;
- 13.6% of 213 articles, tested for asbestos;
- 13.3% of 467 leather articles, tested for chromium VI;
- 12.1% of 1,124 jewellery items, tested for cadmium;
- 39% of the items had no information of the origin.
The final public report will include other 8 entries and it is expected by the end of this year.
The details of restrictions examined were:
Restriction
Entry in Annex XVII Substance Products
tested Non
compliance rate 5 Benzene Glues for
consumers and professionals 0.8% 6 Asbestos
fibres In articles 13.6% 23 Cadmium and
its compounds Plastic
material/packaging and other articles, brazing fillers and jewellery 9.9% (brazing fillers
14.1%; jewellery 12.1%; plastic material/ packaging 5%) 27 Nickel and its
compounds Jewellery and
metal parts (eg buttons, zippers) 8.1% 32 Chloroform Glues for
consumers and professionals 5.2% 43 Azocolourants
and Azodyes Textile and
leather articles 1.1% 45 Diphenylether,
octabromo derivative C12H2Br8O Substances and
mixtures and articles 0 47 Chromium VI
compounds Leather
articles and cement 10.4% 48 Toluene Adhesives and
spray paints, intended for supply to the general public 3.7% 49 Trichlorobenzene Substances and
mixtures 0 50 Polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) Articles for
supply to the general public 7.8% 51, 52 Phthalates Toys and
childcare articles 14% for entry
51 (DEHP, DBP, BBP with 19.7% for toys) and 9.2% for entry 52 (DINP, DIDP,
DNOP) 63 Lead and its
compounds Jewellery 6.7%
C&K Testing reminds enterprises to pay attention to the revised REACH Regulation and its enforcement projects, and strengthen the cooperation with professional organization to prevent the subsequent risk effectively.
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