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On October 13, 2023, the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) released the toy safety standard ASTM F963-23. The expected mandatory adoption date will be April 2024.Currently, Federal Regulations 16 CFR 1250 still use ASTM F963-17 as a mandatory version.
On June 30th, 2023, BSI British National Standards Institute issued new versions of standards BS 1363-1:2023, BS 1363-2:2023, BS 1363-3:2023, BS 1363-4:2023 and BS 1363-5:2023. BS 1363 is a plug in Britain.
On August 3rd, 2023, DGFT (Director General of Foreign Trade) of India issued Notice No.23/2023, which imposed import restrictions on notebook computers, tablet computers, all-in-one personal computers, subminiature computers and servers with immediate effect.
Recently, according to the Notice of the General Administration of Market Supervision on Issuing the Description and Definition Table of Compulsory Product Certification Catalogue (No.36, 2023), the products of electric pressure rice cookers (pots) were adjusted from liquid heaters (0717) to electric rice cookers (0718).
Recently, CNCA official website issued two resolutions on the requirements of compulsory product certification for camping mobile power supply, the division of compulsory product certification units for lithium-ion batteries and measurement tolerance.
On August 11th, 2023, California Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Office (OEHHA) added anthracene, 2-bromopropane and dimethyl phosphite to California\'s list of 65 hazardous substances because of carcinogenicity.
Recently, SASO (Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization) notified to update some IECEE standards and regulations related to products.
On September 11, 2023, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted to adopt ANSI/UL 4200A-2023 \"Button Battery or Coin Battery Product Safety Regulations\" as a mandatory safety standard for button battery or coin battery product safety Regulations. The standard includes requirements to prevent ingestion or aspiration of button/coin batteries, including abuse testing (drop, impact, squeeze, twist, pull, compression, and battery compartment safety), and labeling requirements for products and packaging. The standard will become effective 180 days after it is published in the Federal Register.
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