Testing

CPSC Published Direct Final Rule on the Revisions to Safety Standard for Infant Bouncer Seats (16 CFR 1229)

On September 6, 2022, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has published a direct final rule to revise the regulation 16 CFR 1229 Safety Standard ...

EU RoHS Annex IV Adds Two New Exemptions for Lead

On September 22, 2022, the European Union published two directives in its Official Journal Directive (EU) 2022/1631 and Directive (EU) 2022/1632 (EU) to amend ...

CPSC Published Direct Final Rule on the Revisions to Safety Standard for Frame Child Carriers (16 CFR 1230)

On September 1, 2022, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has published a direct final rule to revise the regulation 16 CFR 1230 Safety Standard ...

CPSC Published Direct Final Rule on the Revisions to Safety Standard for Sling Carriers (16 CFR 1228)

On August 19, 2022, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has published a direct final rule to revise the regulation 16 CFR 1228 Safety Standard fo...

ECHA proposed consultations on nine substances to identify substances of high concern

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published for public consultation notice on nine substances of very high concern identification on September 2, 2022. The consu...

The UK Toys (Safety) Regulations Designated Standards to be Updated

On 03 August 2022, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published Notice 0063/22 proposing to update the designation standards of th...

European Union intends to amend Annex XVII of REACH regulation as regards lead and its compounds in PVC

On 8 June 2022, the European Commission submitted communication G/TBT/N/EU/897 to the World Trade Organization (WTO) proposing to amend Annex XVII to Regulation...

OEHHA Proposes Another Amendment to California Proposition 65 Short Form Warning

On April 5, 2022, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a notice about second 15-Day modification to proposed amendments to Articl...

The 27 th batch of SVHC substances was released and the SVHC list was updated to 224 items

Helsinki, 10 June 2022 - ECHA has added one new substances to the Candidate List which has the toxicity of Carcinogenic & Mutagenic. From January 2021 onwards, ...

European Union intends to amend Annex XVII of REACH regulation to increase the control of formaldehyde emission

On 2 May 2022, the European Commission submitted communication G/TBT/N/EU/888 to the World Trade Organization (WTO) proposing to amend annex XVII (EC) No 1907/2...

The 24th batch of SVHC substances was released and the SVHC list was updated to 211 items

Helsinki, 19 January 2021 - ECHA has added two new substances to the Candidate List. They were added to the Candidate List as they are toxic for reproduction an...

The 25th batch of SVHC substances was released and the SVHC list was updated to 219 items

Helsinki, 8 July 2021 - ECHA has added eight new substances to the Candidate List. Because they have a combination of endocrine disrupting properties and other ...

Personal FM transmitter

A personal FM transmitter is a low-power FM radio transmitter that broadcasts signals from portable audio devices (such as MP3 players) to a standard FM radio. ...

EU updates market access requirements for 5G WASRLANS

The European Union published a new version of Decision (EU) 2022/179 on 5GHz wireless local area network equipment (WAS/RLANs) spectrum usage on February 8, 202...

New Regulation on Lithium-ion Battery Transportation will be Effective on 1, April 2022

According to the requirements of the "Dangerous Goods Air Transport Regulations IATA DGR (Version 63)" newly released in January 2022, small lithium batteries c...

UWB Equipment

The UWB we are talking about now is based on the UWB mode defined in IEEE 802.15.4-2015. Current defined 802.15.4z enhances the position and security functions ...

US EPA Issues 5 PBT Substances under TSCA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that will reduce exposure to five persistent, b...

Oeko-Institut Publish EU RoHS Directive Pack 24 Exemption Assessment Report

On March 25, 2022, Oeko-Institut published the final evaluation report of the EU RoHS Directive Exemption Pack 24 on its official website. The report gives sugg...

ECHA proposed consultations on one substance to identify substances of high concern

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published for public consultation notice on one substance of very high concern identification on March 4, 2022. The consultatio...

EU RoHS Updates Mercury Exemptions

On February 24, 2022, the European Union published 12 directives in its Official Journal (OJ): (EU)2022/274, (EU)2022/275, (EU)2022/276, (EU)2022/277, ( EU) 202...

Canadian Regulations - Volatile Organic Compound Concentration Limits for Certain Products Regulations (SOR/2021-268)

In February 2022, Environment Canada approved the Regulation SOR/2021-268 Volatile Organic Compound Concentration Limits for Certain Products Regulations, as fo...

Basic Introduction to Salt Spray Test

Salt is one of the most common compounds in the world. Salt can be found in the ocean, atmosphere, land surface, lakes and rivers. Therefore, it is impossible t...

The 26th batch of SVHC substances was released and the SVHC list was updated to 223 items

Helsinki, 17 January 2022 - ECHA has added eight new substances to the Candidate List. On June 1, 2021, the European Commission (EU) submitted notification G/TB...

Introduction to Cyclic Corrosion Test

The salt spray test has gone through a process from constant salt spray, spray-drying test, cyclic corrosion test to salt spray ultraviolet cyclic exposure test...

Introduction to Light Aging Test

In daily life, sunlight exposure is a very common environmental phenomenon. Polymer materials such as coatings and plastics often appear discoloration, chalking...

Oeko-Institut Publish EU RoHS Directive Pack 22 Exemption Assessment Report

On January 13, 2022, Oeko-Institut published the final evaluation report of the EU RoHS Directive Exemption Pack 22 on its official website. The report gives 6(...

Impact est

Impact strength is used to evaluate the impact resistance of materials or judge the degree of brittleness and toughness of materials, so impact strength is also...

Three Comprehensive Test Introduction

The three-comprehensive test is a comprehensive test that simultaneously applies three environmental stresses: temperature, humidity and vibration. The effect o...

Waterproof Introduction

The waterproof test is applicable to electrical and electronic products that may suffer from flushing during transportation, storage or use. The water comes fro...

Introduction to Dust Level

Dust test is used to detect electrical and electronic products, automobile and motorcycle parts

Introduction on Material Fire Retardant Safety Test

Electrical equipment uses fire retardant materials can ensure the equipment operate safely and reliably during the scheduled life. It can reduce possibility of ...

Introduction on Power Adapter Safety Test

As we all know, power adapter plays an important role in our life. Without it, many devices cannot work normally. Therefore, it is essential to ensure the safet...

Introduction on Household Appliances Safety Test

Household appliances mainly refer to various electrical and electronic appliances used in homes and similar places. Household appliances help us do a lot of tri...

Occupational Health Testing and Evaluation

Workers in enterprises, institutions, individual economic organizations and other employing units are engaged in professional activities, if exposed to dust, ra...

Agricultural monitoring

China is a populous country as well as a large agricultural country. With the continuous advancement of urbanization, the continuous development of social econo...

Introduction of U.S. Energy Efficiency Regulations

Due to the design of the government structure and management system in the US market, there will be federal and state requirements for product regulations. deta...

Introduction to EU ErP Energy Efficiency Eco-design

In order to improve the environmental performance of energy-consuming products and control environmental pollution, the European Commission officially issued th...

Introduction to Australia GEMS Energy Efficiency Certification

GEMS (Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards) certification is a mandatory performance and efficiency certification ,which is officially implemented by the Aus...

China Energy Efficiency Introduction

China energy efficiency certification includes China energy label certification and China energy-saving product certification.

EU RoHS exemption clause on mercury will end

In December 2021, the European Commission adopted the following 12 delegated acts concerning exemptions for the use of mercury in lamps.

Brief Introduction on SAR

SAR is Specific Absorption Rate, which is also called electromagnetic wave absorption rate or specific absorption rate in Chinese. It means the electromagnetic ...

Introduction on HAC Hearing Aids

HAC is short for Hearing Aid Compatibility which test electromagnetic compatibility of mobile phones and hearing aids. It is divided into two parts RF and T-coi...

A Brief Introduction on EMC Laboratory

The EMC laboratory has two 3-meter anechoic chambers, two EMI shielding rooms and three EMS shielding rooms. With a professional testing team consist of more th...

National technical regulations and standards related to jewelry

China is a large jewelry production and export country. Since the jewelry is generally in direct contact with human skin, many cases of harmful substances in je...

European Union technical regulations and standards related to jewelry

The jewelry industry is a highly value-added industry. In recent years, due to the change of design trend, jewelry has been given new significance. In addition ...

United States technical regulations and standards related to jewelry

The United States has the world's largest market capacity and the world's largest consumer goods market. Since the United States is a country of immigrants,

Canadian technical regulations and standards related to jewelry

Nowadays, people's requirements for dress are increasing, and jewelry has become an indispensable decoration. Canada is an economic powerhouse and a major impor...

Did you choose the right tableware for children?

Tableware is more than just a tool for serving meals for children. There are many benefits to choosing a good tableware. A set of exquisite cartoon-shaped table...

Requirements for the application of paper products in food contact materials

Colorant

Organic coating

Rubber

Requirements for ceramics, glass and enamel as food contact materials

Plastic

Testing food contact materials for wood products

Requirements for the application of metal and stainless steel in food contact materials

Regional and national food contact materials

The current EU regulation on food contact materials is a regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 (Regulation NO. 1935/2004/EC) on food contact materials passed by the Eur...

UAE ECAS RoHS

According to Federal Law No. 10/2017, the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) implements mandatory supervision of electrical and electronic equipment (...

Saudi Arabia publishes RoHS technical regulations

On July 9, 2021, the Saudi Arabian Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) officially issued the "Technical Regulations for the Limitation of Hazar...

New version of J-MOSS (Japan RoHS) released

J-Moss is the Japanese compulsory industry standard JIS C 0950 "Specific Chemical Substance Content Marking in Electrical and Electronic Equipment" (commonly kn...

AGC Participate in drafting up China RoHS 2.0 standards All GB/T 39560 series have been released

In order to adapt to the electronic and electrical industry’s response to new types of hazardous substance restriction requirements and the development of new ...

Introduction of national standard VOCs series standards and AGC testing capabilities

In order to implement the relevant requirements of the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on

IEC publishes test standards for hazardous substances hexabromododecane and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in electronic and electrical products

On August 30, 2021, the IEC firstly released the test standard IEC62321-9:2021 for HBCD in electrical and electronic products. At the same time, on June 24, 202...

National technical regulations and standards related to jewelry

China is a major producer and exporter of jewelry. Since the jewelry worn is generally in direct contact with human skin, many cases of harmful substances in je...

Canadian toy technical regulations and testing standards

CCPSA is a safety act for all consumer products, which was formally implemented on June 20, 2011. It is applicable to products obtained under reasonable circums...

Common textile fiber identification methods

Textile fiber is the fine substance with a diameter of several micrometers to several tens of micrometers,

Consumer battery test

At present, all kinds of electronic products that are indispensable and inseparable in life. No matter it is mobile phones, computers, cameras or electric cars,...

Power battery Test

New energy vehicles is the car to use the power source which is different from the vehicle fuels (or use conventional vehicle fuels, and use the new on-board po...

Electric Portable Bikes Test

Electric Portable Bikes and battery test standards

Energy storage battery Test

In recent years, energy storage and power battery technologies have developed rapidly, driven by scientific breakthroughs and accelerated product applications. ...

Hardness test

Hardness is the ability of a material to resist being pressed into its surface by harder objects. The hardness test methods include the indentation method and t...

Bending test

Bending test is the test to determine the mechanical properties of a material when subjected to a bending load, It is one of the basic methods of material mecha...

Introduction about Vicat Softening Point (VST)

VST is the temperature when a sample of engineering plastics, general-purpose plastics and other polymers are pressed into a depth of 1mm by a 1mm2 indenter in ...

Introduction about the combustion performance of automotive interior materials

Combustion performance mainly measures the combustion rate of automotive interior materials in a horizontal state, and evaluates the combustion performance of f...

Introduction about Tensile Test

Tensile test is a test to determine a series of characteristics of a material under tensile load. It is one of the basic methods of material mechanical performa...

Introduction about impact strength test

The impact strength test is used to evaluate the impact resistance of a material or judge the brittleness and toughness of the material,

Introduction to ISTA Packaging and Transportation

ISTA (International Safe Transit Association), the International Safe Transit Association

Environmental impact assessment and monitoring

With the development of society and economy, environmental pollution is increasingly endangering our lives and health.

REACH Annex XVII adds Article 76 N, N-dimethylformamide

​On November 22, 2021, the European Union issued the (EU) 2021/2030 regulation in its official gazette, adding Article 76 of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMFa) to An...

The EU Updates the Harmonized standards of Toy Safety Directive

On November 16, 2021, the Official Journal of the European Union published Commission implementing decision (EU) 2021/1992, which updated the Toy Safety Directi...

The EU proposes to amend the POPs regulation Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) restriction requirements

In November 2021, the European Commission drafted the authorization regulations to amend the restriction requirements of hexachlorobenzene (HCB, CAS No.: 118-74...

Added to Annex IV exemption clauses in EU RoHS

On November 15, 2021, the European Union issued Directives (EU) 2021/1978, (EU) 2021/1979 and (EU) 2021/1980 Directives in its official gazette

6 GHz Wi-Fi Test

In the past, Wi-Fi send signals on 2.4 and 5GHz frequency bands, but the current Wi-Fi usage extends to 6GHz frequency band. It will bring more than 1200 megahe...

5GHz Wi-Fi Test

Common 5 GHz Wi-Fi supports frequency bands are 5.150 – 5.250 GHz, 5.250 – 5.350 GHz, 5.470 – 5.725 GHz and 5.725 – 5.850 GHz. And the support protocol is 8...

Introduction on Safety Test of Lighting Device

A luminaire is an appliance emits light by distributing, transmitting or changing one or more light sources. It includes all essential components to support

Introduction on Audio Equipment and Information Technology Equipment Safety Test

With the widespread use of audio and information technology in electronic products, the integration between audio equipment and information technology equipment...

Wi-Fi Bluetooth

The complete version list of Wi-Fi is 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (Wi-Fi 4), 802.11h, 802.11i, 802.11-ac (Wi-Fi 5), 802.11ad, 802.11af, 802.11 ah, 802.11...

US TPCH related information

On February 16, 2021, TPCH (Toxics in Packaging Clearinghouse) officially updated the "Model Toxics in Packaging Legislation", referred to as TPCH. The amendmen...