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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

AAFA Publishes Updated Restricted Substances List Fifth Edition Addresses New Product Safety and Environmental Standards

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

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AAFA Publishes Updated Restricted Substances List  Fifth Edition
Arlington, VA – The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) today published the fifth edition of the AAFA Restricted Substances List (RSL), covering apparel, footwear, and home textiles.

The list, which has become the global industry standard for RSLs, together with a growing set of other chemical management tools, can be downloaded for free at the AAFA Web site.

The List as well as the complete document on describing the compilation of the AAFA 5th RSL list can be got from the following web document depositories  as well

AAFA RSL 5th Ed  https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=2c64d07b-a028-4bfe-8459-46d24aeefc0f

AAFA RSL 5th Ed complete details https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=e5a9f33e-2a3a-497b-96ce-1327136f89d5

“With the recent enforcement of new lead limits on August 14 brought about by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) and a positive shift toward environmental stewardship in our industry’s culture, the timing of this new list could not be more perfect.”


“As production methods and government regulations continue to change, and often at varying speeds, the AAFA RSL continues to provide our global industry with the right information to keep us productive, competitive, and compliant,” said AAFA Environmental Committee Chairman John Eapen, Vice President of Environmental, Health & Safety at America & Efird, Inc. “I would like to thank the AAFA Environmental Committee, the members of the RSL Task Force, and our RSL peer review group for their time and significant contributions to update this

Background
The AAFA RSL, first released in the summer of 2007, is the first of its kind. The list covers chemicals and other substances whose presence in a product is restricted through a government regulation or law. The list identifies the most restrictive iteration of that regulation world wide. Every six months, the publication is reviewed, updated, and the latest version is made available
for free on the AAFA Web site.

This fifth release has been updated to reflect changes spurred by the CPSIA, as well as new state
and international regulations. In addition to the global RSL, AAFA continues to offer training sessions and workshops on regulating restricted substances in apparel, footwear, and textile products, as well as on broader product safety, sustainability, and environmental compliance issues.

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