Informed from the China Light Industry Federation ，recently， the EU Rapid Alert System for non-food (RAPEX) for a suite of products made ??in China, children's drawings were informed, because the product package watercolor pen plastic case content of 3.6% phthalate , exceeding the European Chemicals registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction (REACH regulation) limited requirements. Currently, the EU authorities have been forced to take the product from the market measure.
The product belongs to Painting Set stationery, children's toys be managed in the EU administration, which is the EU's recent rapid rise in the number of children stationery informed a microcosm. Since 2012, the EU informed of reasons for the vast majority of children's stationery chemical environmental standards, there is a potential for harm children's health, such as water crayons benzene, xylene, ethylene glycol and other substances exceeded; pencil metal coating of nickel release exceeded; Oil aniline exceeded; colored pencils film such as excessive DEHP.
Exported firms should be pay high attention to the chemical package, that is important for developement .