Oeko-Tex updates applicable test criteria & limit values

17 Jan '15

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Formamide will be added to the standard as a new test substance for compact foams and foamed plastics such as EVA, PVC, etc. under the heading ‘Solvent Residues’.

The limit value will be 0.02 per cent in all product classes. This ensures that due consideration is given on the one hand to the fact that formamide is included in the ECHA-SVHC candidate list and on the other that there are legal provisions for specific materials/items in France.

The footnote for arylamines under the heading ‘Other Chemical Residues’ has been changed to ‘For all materials containing polyurethane or other materials that may contain free carcinogenic arylamines’.

This provides further clarification that materials that contain the free carcinogenic arylamines listed in annexure 5 cannot be certified.

Dihexyl phthalate, branched and linear (CAS no. 68515-50-4) and diisohexyl phthalate (CAS no. 71850-09-4) will also be included in phthalates/softeners in all four product classes.

This ensures that due consideration is given to the fact that dihexyl phthalate, branched and linear (CAS no. 68515-50-4) is an SVHC candidate substance.

C.I. Pigment red 104 (lead chromate molybdate sulphate red) and C.I. Pigment yellow 34 (lead sulfochromate yellow) will be added to the list of colourants classed as carcinogenic and that are therefore prohibited in annexure 5 of the Oeko-Tex Standard 100.

Both colourants, which are also included in the REACh SVHC candidate list and in annexure XIV of REACh, have been tested as part of the Oeko-Tex Standard 100 for many years now and are already prohibited and excluded.

However, their inclusion and naming in annexure 5 now serves to further clarify this point. (AR)

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