Personal Protective Equipment Bimonthly Bulletin
EUROPE
New European recommendations for PPE’s market surveillance
On 2 September 2021, European Commission published the following recommendation related to personal protective equipment (PPE):
The following table summarises the most recent standard updates and upcoming dates of withdrawal (non-exhaustive).
SPAIN
Guidance for the manufacturing and selection of masks
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism has issued updated UNE specifications for hygienic masks. The following is a list of recent publications (in Spanish only).
U.S.
New requirements for recycling claims
On 5 October 2021, Californian Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 343 - Environmental advertising: recycling symbol: recyclability: products and packaging. The aim is to provide accurate and useful information about the environmental impact of plastic products.
The following below summarises some recent ASTM standards updates.
Below you will find a monthly summary of product recalls and alerts in Europe (Source “RAPEX”) and in the U.S. (Source “CPSC).
Europe
RAPEX (European Commission Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products – Alerts reported by EU national authorities).
The following 8 alerts regarding Personal Protective equipment were reported between week 34 and week 41 of 2021.
US
Between 21 August and 20 September 2021, the CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) published the following recalls: 0 recall in PPE products.
