The reporter learned from the Shishi Office of Quanzhou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau that recently, the American Apparel and Footwear Association released the 13th edition of the Restricted Substances List (RSL), which was compiled by the American Apparel and Footwear Association Environmental Task Force. , which lists the most stringent regulations in each country that prohibit or restrict the use of certain materials, chemicals and substances. It aims to provide apparel and footwear companies with information on restrictions or prohibitions on the use of certain materials, chemicals and substances in home textiles, clothing and footwear products around the world. legal and regulatory information for certain chemicals and substances.
The new version mainly revised the changes in regulations of various countries on pesticides, flame retardants, metal parts in metals, cadmium, phthalates, etc., including adding new test methods for certain substances, adding pesticides, The national scope and strictest control requirements for the control of certain chemicals such as flame retardants and phthalates, and the names and CAS numbers of some chemicals will be supplemented or changed.
The Shishi Office of Quanzhou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau reminds relevant companies to actively use the RSL list and use the list to manage their chemicals to avoid restrictions on the export market due to incomplete understanding of the world environment. At the same time, enterprises should develop a set of common standard requirements for important exporting countries based on the most stringent requirements of each country and combined with their own product characteristics to reduce the burden of frequently changing product-related requirements due to export to different countries or regions and reduce various tests. cost. Finally, enterprises should improve their adaptability and promptly improve the restricted content of relevant chemicals or substances in response to different customer requirements in order to export more advantageous products and develop a larger market.
