EU has built up a specific mechanism to notify products violating relevant regulations and standards for the sake of consumers. The notification for non-food consumer products is called RAPEX. According to the 48th week notification, one China babies’ shoes have been notified for containing Cr (VI). Detail information is showed below:
Germany requires voluntary withdrawal of one China babies’shoes from market for their soles contain 98.7mg/kg and 97.6mg/kg Cr (VI) respectively.
Chromium (VI) is classified as sensitising and may trigger allergic reactions.
As a professional third testing body, CTT reminds you to keep close cooperation with relevant testing body to learn contents of hazardous substances existing in products so as to make right strategy to ensure products can smoothly enter EU market.