Businessweek discussed the EU crackdown on non-compliant consumer products: The European Commission on Thursday credited better market monitoring for a 32 percent rise in 2006 in withdrawals of unsafe consumer goods in Western Europe, nearly half of which came from China. The EU head office said it was working with Beijing to improve product […]
Agcanada.com discusses pesticide labels and maximum residue limits and their impact on exporters/importers: We all know what happened to the Canadian beef industry when BSE was discovered in Canada. Canadian grain producers could face the same consequences if they ignore their customer’s limitations on pesticide residues. Most countries have set maximum residue limits (MRLs) for […]
The Farm & Ranch guide links the tainted pet food scandal with country of origin labeling: Country of Origin Labeling passed several years ago but USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has yet to implement the law. Now, it looks like the United States may accept this legislation. Unfortunately, that acceptance may come about because of what […]
A lengthy article in Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper on cosmetics labeling. Here’s a snippet: Aside from labelling, Health Canada does maintain a hot list of more than 500 banned and restricted chemicals. Companies selling cosmetics here are also required to disclose the ingredients contained in their products to Ottawa. In the United States, ingredients […]
The Center for Science in the Public Interest discusses labels on “Spykes, the controversial shot-sized malt liquor drinks produced by Anheuser-Busch”: In a letter to John J. Manfreda, the administrator of the Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the agency that regulates alcohol labeling, CSPI said that the warning label on […]
A press release at Chemie.DE discusses REACH compliance: The registration process requires the manufacturers and importers to generate data for all chemicals substances produced or imported into the European Union above one tonne per year. The registrants must also identify appropriate risk management measures and communicate them to the users. Amongst the myriad of controls […]
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Last week we discussed the use of dibutyl phthalate in California. This week the LA Times discusses it’s use in nail polish: A San Fernando Valley nail polish maker that is a major supplier to salons across the country said that it had removed the chemical toluene from its products. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics […]
Good Housekeeping has a discussion of the Prop 65 warning required on labels in California: Good Housekeeping Chemist Karen Rauen says, “Dibutylphthalate or D-B-P is an ingredient used in nail polish to make the film more flexible so it won’t chip off your nails. The Dibuytlphthalate in animal studies have shown in animal studies to […]
The website safety.blr.com has a short piece on GHS: The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) is a coherent approach to defining and classifying chemical hazards and communicating that information, according to presenters at a recent audio conference sponsored by the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE). Mary Frances Lowe of […]