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Dangerous Chinese LED Strip Lights Listed on EU Rapex Alert System Tripled in 1H15
Nov 11, 2015In first half of 2015, 23 LED strip lights made in China were notified as dangerous products on the EU RAPEX alert system, according to a report by China Quality News Network (CNQ). The number of LED strip lights reported by the EU alert ...
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EU PROSAFE Launches Joint Market Surveillance of LEDs and Other Consumer Goods
Oct 14, 2015Hong Kong exporters may be interested in the new Joint Market Surveillance Action on Consumer Products being undertaken by PROSAFE, the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe, which has been launched in July 2015. The Joint ...
Tags: LEDs, EU PROSAFE, joint market surveillance
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EU's RAPEX Stopped Numerous Substandard Toys From Reaching European Children Last Year
Mar 24, 2015The European Union’s (EU) rapid alert system for dangerous consumer products (RAPEX) stopped numerous substandard toys from reaching European children last year, according to European Commission statistics released today. Toy ...
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Food Safety, Product Tracing and Product Recalls Are at The Forefront of Industry Concerns
Apr 24, 2014Food safety, product tracing, and product recalls are currently at the forefront of both government regulations and industry concerns around the world as the industry prepares for new regulations around certain non-food, non-healthcare ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Food safety
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The Traceability Expert Group Recognised The Adoption of GS1 Standards as a Best Practice
Apr 23, 2014As the industry prepares for upcoming consumer safety regulations around certain non-food, non-healthcare products, the Product Traceability Expert Group, set up by the European Commission in 2011, recognised the adoption of GS1 Standards ...
Tags: Service
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Meps Have Voted in Favour of Making 'Made-in'Labeling Mandatory for Non-Food Products
Apr 21, 2014The Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have voted in favour of making ‘made-in’ labeling mandatory for non-food products sold on the single market, as a measure to tighten up product safety requirements and market ...
Tags: apparel, clothing accessories
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Recalls of LED Lighting Products Were Due to Safety Issues
Oct 28, 2013The recalls of LED lighting products from European RAPEX (The Rapid Alext System for Non-food Consumer Products) were much more frequently in the past months, according to a report by global certification auditing institute DEKRA. The ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED Light Recalls
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China's LED Exports Are Impacted by a New Wave of Foreign Technical Barriers
Sep 5, 2013China’s LED exports are impacted by a new wave of foreign technical barriers. According to market statistics, since 2012 the U.S., EU, Japan and other country and regions are implementing new LED standards. On Feb. 1, 2013, the EU ...
Tags: LED Exporters, Technical Barriers
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RAPEX Issues Warning on LED Light Chain for Electric Shock
Aug 6, 2013On Aug. 2, the Rapid Alert System for Non-food Consumer Products issued a warning on LED lighting chain once again. It is understood that this warned product is LED lighting chain from China-based "B10Cod'Events", the notifying country of ...
Tags: LED Lighting Chain, Electric Shock
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European Union's RAPEX Stopped Substandard Products From Reaching European Consumers
May 17, 2013The European Union’s rapid alert system for dangerous consumer products (RAPEX) stopped many substandard products from reaching European consumers last year, according to a report released by the European Commission today. As ...
Tags: RAPEX Product, Toys, Toys Industry
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Misleading Statements and Fiction About Toy Safety Are Often Communicated to Public
Dec 20, 2012Misleading statements and fiction about toy safety are often communicated to the general public. The public must have access to the facts, so that they can make informed decisions about purchasing safe toys for their children. We want to ...
Tags: Toys, Toy Safety, Misleading statements, fiction
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Hardware Products to The EU Directives and Standards for The Lack of Understanding
Dec 16, 2011Recently, the European Commission rapid alert system for non-food (rapex) on the production of hardware electric tools products from China issued a consumer warning. Relevant domestic manufacturer and exporter of hardware tools which should ...
Tags: Market View, hardware