TEXTILE SECTOR LOOKS SET TO FACE MORE CONTROLS FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF EU PRODUCT SAFETY RULES
July 30th, 2022
Textile businesses in the European Union (EU) will need to reinforce checks on the safety of chemicals used in textile finishing and the amount of chemicals used, following the entry into force of new EU product safety rules under a revision of the EU’s general product safety directive (1).
“The goal of the revised directive (2) is to ‘ensure product safety legislation and rules are applied by manufacturers and business chains’, ie it will refer to existing standards and check products comply with them,” Dr Pierfrancesco Fois, executive director at the ...
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