Softlines & Leather regulatory updates August 2022
Delaware Passes New Flame Retardants Law
On 4 August 2022, Delaware passed HB 77 to restrict a variety of flame-retardant chemicals in certain consumer products. The effective date is 1 July 2023. Please see Table 1 below for a summary of the restrictions.
Europe
RAPEX (European Commission Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products – Alerts reported by EU national authorities).
UK
OPSS issues Product Safety Alerts to the UK market. The following 2 alerts regarding textiles & leather products were reported between week 29 and week 33 of 2022.
U.S.
From 28 July 2022 to 25 August 2022, the CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) published the following recalls: 1 recall of textile & leather products.
