China Updates Footwear Product Standard for Children’s leather sandals – QB/T 4546-2021

Switzerland has banned the manufacture and use of PFHxS, its salts and PFHxS-related compounds. This ban became effective in November 2023.

Japan has published a guideline in English to assist stakeholders with, inter alia, the import ban on specific products containing class I specified chemical substances.

The United Kingdom’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revised its Great Britain (GB) mandatory classification, labeling and packaging (CLP) list for substances and mixtures. The revisions will apply from September 2, 2025.

Effective February 2, 2024, the state of Utah has issued an emergency rule to repeal a requirement for displaying a uniform law label for bedding, upholstered furniture and quilted clothing online (R70-101), which had been in force since January 1, 2024.