LABELING

FDA Issues Guidance on Gluten Labelling of Certain Drug Products

22 December 2017

The FDA has issued a draft guidance document on gluten in drug products and associated labelling recommendations. More

Argentina Sets Implementation Timeline for New Energy Labelling Requirements for Clothes Washers

24 November 2017

Argentinean authorities recently announced the timeline to implement certain new energy labelling requirements for clothes washers for household use as well as the provisions of standard IRAM 2141-3:2017. More

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Updates to Energy Labelling Requirements for Some Appliances under Consideration

24 November 2017

In accordance with a requirement to update range of comparability and annual energy cost information every five years, the Federal Trade Commission is seeking comments by 4 December on a proposal to amend the Energy Labeling Rule by updating ranges of comparability and unit energy cost figures on EnergyGuide labels for dishwashers, furnaces, room air conditioners and pool heaters. More

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Mexico Amends Care Labelling Standards for Textiles and Apparel

27 October 2017

Mexico recently updated its care labelling requirements for textile and apparel products by requiring such products to incorporate the care symbols of NMX-A-3758-INNTEX-2014 rather than those of NMX-A-240-INNTEX-2009. More

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California to Require More Comprehensive Labelling of Cleaning Products Beginning in 2021

27 October 2017

California recently enacted legislation that will require manufacturers of a range of cleaning products to comply no later than 1 January 2021 (no later than 1 January 2020 for on-line disclosures) with the most stringent chemical disclosure requirements ever adopted in the United States. More

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Compliance Dates for Updated Nutrition Labels on Packaged Foods May be Postponed

13 October 2017

The Food and Drug Administration is proposing to extend the compliance dates for final rules updating the “Nutrition Facts” label for packaged foods and making minor corresponding changes to the “Supplement Facts” label found on dietary supplements. More

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Formaldehyde Labelling Delayed for Goods Made with Composite Wood Products

13 October 2017

The Environmental Protection Agency has extended the compliance dates associated with a December 2016 final rule implementing the formaldehyde emission standards established by Congress in 2010 (in title VI of the Toxic Substances Control Act) for imported and domestically produced composite wood products. More

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System to Obtain ID Numbers Used on Apparel Labels Streamlined

29 September 2017

As part of Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen’s regulatory reform agenda, the Federal Trade Commission has updated the Fur, Textile and Wool Rules to implement web-based electronic filings of requests to obtain, update or cancel registered identification numbers (RN) used on fur, textile and wool product labels. More

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Brazil Seeks Input on Proposal to Modify Mercosur Labelling Requirements for Textiles and Apparel

15 September 2017

Brazil’s National Institute of Technology, Normalisation and Industrial Quality (INMETRO) is seeking input from interested parties by 28 September on a proposal to modify the Mercosur labelling requirements for textiles and apparel, as laid out in Mercosur Common Market Group (GMC) Resolution 33/07. More

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Early Compliance Labelling Allowed for Composite Wood Products

21 July 2017

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a direct final rule allowing composite wood products and finished goods that contain such products that are manufactured prior to 12 December 2017 and are compliant with the formaldehyde emission standards established by Congress in 2010 (in title VI of the Toxic Substances Control Act) to be voluntarily labelled as compliant as soon as compliance can be achieved. More

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