EU REACH Jewelry Testing

Jewelry adds beauty to life with its delicacy. In this era of self - expression, a wide variety of jewelry items keep emerging. Jewelry has close contact with the skin, enhancing one's charm. However, if jewelry contains toxic and harmful substances or other potential hazards, it will pose a hidden danger or even a threat to your health and safety. According to the jewelry - related regulations or standards in many countries and regions around the world, there are many control factors, mainly including various toxic chemical substances and mechanical and physical safety. Although these regulations or standards have the same control purpose, the specific controlled objects, requirements, and limit values vary from place to place.

For exports to the EU region, jewelry should comply with the EU REACH regulations. The full name of the REACH regulation is "Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals". The regulation consists of four parts: registration, evaluation, authorization, and restriction. Since June 1, 2009, the original EU Hazardous Substances Directive 76/769/EEC has been replaced by Annex 17 of REACH. Currently, Annex 17 of the EU REACH regulation contains 72 substances. For jewelry, the substances controlled by Annex 17 of REACH mainly include lead, cadmium, nickel release, and phthalates. In addition, the Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) that meet the requirements of Article 57 of REACH have increased to 219 substances as of now.