South Korea’s Ministry of Environment issued the draft amendment to the High Risk Product Safety Labeling Standard on the 30th of Sep 2015. The public consultation ended on 20 Oct 2015.
The MoE issued five categories covering a total of 15 kinds of high risk products divided into two batches released in March and June 2015 which includes detergents, coating adhesives, air fresheners, dye products and biocidal products.
This revision covers the following 6 aspects:
Revise standard testing methods for certain chemical substances (18 kinds, attachment 3 of the revised document) contained in the high risk products
Change the requirements for child-proof packaging (refer to attachment 5 of the revised document);
Add content threshold for formaldehyde contained in cyanoacrylate quick-drying adhesives;
Revise the warning sign requirements on adhesive labels in accordance with Youth Protection Act; and
Add objects applicable to container strength test
If you have any comments on the above mentioned amendments, please contact via
Tel: 044-201-6773, 6774
Fax: 044-201-6786
Email: lunarabbit@kore.kr, kym7990@korea.kr
