To protect human health and improve consumer safety, Netherlands, Austria and Germany have already adopted the mandatory regulations for prohibiting the use of certain azo-colourants and azo-pigments in consumer articles. On 2002September 11 and 2003 January 6, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (EU) also published the Directives, 2002/61/EC & 2003/3/EC, which restrict the use of carcinogenic azo-colourants in certain textile and leather articles and prohibits the sale of such articles coloured with the restricted azo-colourants. The Directive 2002/61/EC & 2003/3EC has been transposed into national laws and put into effect in the Member States separately by 2003 September 11 and 2004 June 30. Azo-colourants (Aromatic Amine) should be below 30 mg/kg in one or more of 22 aromatic amines. Moreover, blue colorants with index no. 611-070-00-2 should also be restricted to be not more than 1,000 mg/kg in any products.

Lander Testing has highly advanced equipment and expertise for providing the testing on 22 restricted azo-colourants.

 

Netherlands          ·Azo Dye Decree(Commodities Act) No.4/98.

Austria                 ·Azo Dyestuff Ordinance No.6/98.

Germany              ·Regulation on the Prohibition of the use of certain Azo dye No.2/97.

Test Method         ·prEN 14362-1, prEN14362-2, 35 LMBG B82.02-2 1998,

35 LMBG B8202-3 1997, 35 LMBG B82.02-4 1998.