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

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.