On 14 July 2021, the Federal Trade Commission published the final “Made in USA” (MUSA) rule. The rule will take effect on 13 August 2021.
The Commission has decided to adopt the substantive provisions of the rule as initially proposed. It covers labels on products that make unqualified MUSA claims. It also codifies the Commission's previous MUSA Decisions and Orders and prohibits marketers from making unqualified MUSA claims on labels unless:
Final assembly or processing of the product occurs in the United States,
All significant processing that goes into the product occurs in the United States, and
All or virtually all ingredients or components of the product are made and sourced in the United States.
The rule also covers labels making unqualified MUSA claims appearing in mail-order catalogues or mail-order advertising.
For more information, visit the Federal Register website here.
On 26 June 2021, the Government of Canada published a Notice to stakeholders on the use of flame-retardant chemicals in certain consumer products in Canada.
The purpose of this notice is to achieve compliance with the flammability performance requirements for certain consumer products set out in regulations under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA) without using flame-retardant chemicals.
For more information, consult the Government of Canada website here.
On 8 July 2021, the ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) has released the new Candidate List of SVHC covering 8 new substances for them being toxic for reproduction, carcinogenic, respiratory sensitizers or endocrine disruptors.
Newly regulated substances relating to general consumer products such as textile, leather and plastic products are summarised below:
You can visit the link to ECHA website to see the full announcement on this.
With the addition of 8 new substances, the current list of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) now contains 219 substances.
You are reminded that starting from 5 January 2021, all suppliers of articles being placed to the EU market are required to notify these articles in ECHA’s SCIP Database if the articles contains substances from Candidate List of concentration more than 0.1% weight by weight.
