Podcast: EU checks imported products for hazardous chemicals
Channel: EUchemicals
Date: 2020-09-24

In 2019, inspectors and customs officers in 16 EU countries carried out a project to check around 1 400 imported products. 

Nearly 1 in 4 products violated EU chemical safety laws.

We interviewed Maria Orphanou, an inspector from Cyprus and the Chair of the Forum Working Group, Erwin Annys, ECHA's Head of Unit for Support and Enforcement activities as well as Miquel Aguado from the European Commission who discuss the findings of the report and give tips for consumers on how to avoid buying dangerous good and for companies on how to make sure they are importing safe products into the EU.

More: https://chemicalsinourlife.echa.europa.eu/are-imported-products-safe-

ECHA news: https://echa.europa.eu/-/1-in-4-imported-products-found-to-be-non-compliant-with-reach-and-clp

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