CPSC published a final rule to exempt phthalate testing in certain plastics

On 30 August 2017, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a rule on the Federal Register that Prohibition of Children's Toys and Child Care Articles Containing Specified Phthalates: Determinations Regarding Certain Plastics (16 CFR 1308). According to 16 CFR 1308, 7 certain plastics with specified additives would be exempted from mandatory testing for phthalates. The rule will be effective on September 29, 2017.

This final rule mainly includes:

1.The requirement remains the same:

Section 108(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) permanently prohibits any children's toy or child care article that contains concentrations of more than 0.1 percent of di-(2-ethylhexl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), or benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP).

Section 108(b)(1) of the CPSIA prohibits on an interim basis any children's toy that can be placed in a child's mouth or child care article that contains concentrations of more than 0.1 percent of diisononyl phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP), or di-n-octyl phthalate (DnOP).

2.The following 7 plastics with specified additives are not required to be third party tested for phthalates:

1)Polypropylene (PP)

2)Polyethylene (PE)

3)General purpose polystyrene (GPPS)

4)Medium-impact polystyrene (MIPS)

5)High-impact polystyrene (HIPS)

6)Super high-impact polystyrene (SHIPS)

7)Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)

3.Accessible component parts of children's toys and child care articles made with a plastic or additives not listed above that are plasticized or may contain phthalates are required to be third party tested pursuant to section 14(a)(2) of the CPSA and16 CFR part 1107.

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Original link: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/08/30/2017-18387/prohibition-of-childrens-toys-and-child-care-articles-containing-specified-phthalates-determinations