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Eurofins Personal Protective Equipmente (PPE) Monthly Bulletin | Jan 2021

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INTERNATIONAL

 

Regulatory proposals notified to WTO

 

See below a table summarising some recent notifications to the World Trade Organization (non-exhaustive):

 

Notification number / Link

Country

Title


G/TBT/N/BRA/1112


Brazil

Resolution number 444, 10 December 2020
It establishes temporary and extraordinary requirements for the fabrication, importation and commercialization of personal protective equipment identified as priority for use by health services, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

 

PRODUCT RECALLS/ ALERTS

 

Below you will find a monthly summary of product recalls and alerts in Europe (Source “RAPEX”)

 

Europe

 

RAPEX (European Commission Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products – Alerts reported by EU national authorities)

 

The following 5 alerts regarding Personal Protective equipment have been reported, from week 1 to week 3 of 2021.

 

Type of Risk

Number of alerts

Notes


Health risk / other


4

Particle filter mask
The product bears a CE marking but is not certified as protective equipment by the relevant body. It does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Regulation and with the relevant European standard EN 149.


Health risk / other


1

Particle filter mask
The product advertises a protective potential against (viral) particles but its filtering capacity has not been certified by a relevant (European) body. It does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Regulation.