What Are The Common Plastic Certification Reports

October 12, 2024

Read Plastic UL, SDS, MSDS, TDS, ROHS, REACH, FDA, COA, NSF and other test reports in one article.

Plastics practitioners partners, you have long been customers to ask for a variety of reports, a variety of certification information and troubles? Then this issue of the inventory of related plastics certification

Certification report information for plastic raw materials and their products is often used to ensure that plastic products meet specific quality, safety and environmental standards. These certifications can be at the national or international level, or industry-specific standards.

Plastic raw materials and products common report is very much, plastic certification information some of the third-party organizations to test the presentation of some of the head of the chemical plant on their own out of a statement, clear material in line with the relevant requirements of environmental protection and so on.

Common plastics certification report information

1, Physical properties (TDS): the main role: Technical Data Sheet (Technical Data Sheet) is an abbreviation for a detailed description of the physical properties of the material, chemical properties, mechanical properties, processing performance and other characteristics of the document.

Scope of application: The TDS contains detailed specifications of standard material properties, from which you can visualize the material properties and suitable application scenarios.

2, UL certification report (yellow card): the main role: in terms of product safety performance has the authority to certify, mainly involved in the fire rating and electrical performance testing, but does not contain the product's EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) characteristics.

Scope of application: widely used in the field of electronic and electrical appliances, such as plastic shell electrical products, if the fire performance of its plastic materials and other safety indicators need to be recognized, it may need to carry out UL certification. An article to read UL yellow card, interested can click to jump to the plastic gentleman previous articles.

3, ROSH report: the main role: to detect whether the electrical and electronic equipment to restrict the use of certain hazardous substances, such as cadmium, lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and their ethers, etc., commonly ROHS2.0 ten. Ensure that products in the use and disposal process, the harm to the environment and human body is minimized. Globally recognized testing organizations include SGS, TUV, and so on.

Scope of application: Applicable to plastic parts in all kinds of electronic and electrical products, as well as plastic products that may be related to electronic equipment, because these products may come into contact with electronic components during production and use, and need to comply with the requirements of the restriction of hazardous substances.

4, SDS, MSDS report (chemical safety instructions) main function: detailed description of the physical and chemical properties of the chemical (such as PH value, flash point, flammability, reactivity, etc.) and possible hazards to the health of the user, to provide the user with technical information for safe operation and emergency treatment. For plastics, MSDS/SDS reports are required for plastic products that have undergone special chemical treatment or have chemical additives added.

Difference between SDS and MSDS: SDS is a standard format safety data sheet developed under the Globally Harmonized System (GHS). MSDS is an earlier version of safety data sheet, which existed before the implementation of GHS, and the early MSDS of mainstream manufacturer's products have been switched to SDS sheet.

Scope of application: It is applicable to almost all plastic products, especially those that use chemical additives or auxiliaries in the production process, or may release hazardous substances under specific conditions.

5, FDA report: the main role: through the FDA certification of the product, is recognized globally as effective on the human body and can ensure the safety of the product, is the quality of the product is one of the highest standards of global health permission to prove. For plastic products, mainly to ensure the safety of its use in food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices and other fields. Common FDA measurement of food grade, medical grade certification

Scope of application: commonly used in food packaging, pharmaceutical packaging, medical device components and other plastic products closely related to human health. For example, food-grade plastic containers, plastic pharmaceutical bottles, etc., need to comply with the relevant standards of the FDA.

6, REACH, SVHC Report: Main Role: REACH is the European Union regulation “Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals”, which covers a wide range of issues, and the main purpose is to protect human health and environmental safety. Various chemical components in plastic products need to comply with the REACH regulation to ensure that the impact on human beings and the environment is minimized throughout the life cycle. Scope of application: applies to all plastic products sold in the EU market, as well as plastic products exported to the EU, the head of the chemical plant is generally issued Reach SVHC statement, due to the test of the project up to 240 items, the small companies looking for third-party agencies SGS, TUV, etc. can not afford to test, the domestic small testing organizations cheaper, but some export products may not be recognized.

SVHC proves whether the product contains substances of high concern in the REACH regulation, if the product contains SVHC substances, as of April 30, 2024, the European Union REACH certification in the SVHC test items have been formally updated to 240 items, but the plastic gentleman hand the latest Japanese Toray report has been 241 items. This means that there are 240 chemical substances listed as substances of very high concern, and for the content of these substances in articles exceeding 0.1% by weight, companies need to fulfill the notification obligation.

Scope of application: It applies to all plastic products that may contain SVHC substances, especially those that use a variety of chemical additives and auxiliaries, or those with complex raw material sources.

Difference between the two: REACH is a broad chemicals management system, while SVHC is a part of this system, specifically targeting those chemical substances that have significant potential to harm human health or the environment. REACH stipulates the management of chemicals throughout the entire lifecycle, from production to disposal, while SVHC is designed to point out in particular those high-risk substances that require more stringent regulation.

7, COA / COC report (quality inspection report): the main role: issued by the original factory's own inspection report, is used to prove that the product meets the product quality requirements of the document, including the product's basic information, test results, test date and so on, it can be called the material report, factory certificate.

Scope of application: All kinds of plastic products need to provide COA/COC report when they are shipped out of the factory or delivered to customers to prove that the quality of the products meets the factory standards and requirements.

8. WEEE Report:

Main Role: The main focus is on the management of electrical and electronic equipment waste. For electrical and electronic products containing plastic parts, they need to comply with the relevant requirements of WEEE when disposed of at the end of life, so as to ensure that the recycling, treatment and reuse of waste are in line with environmental standards.

Scope of application: Applicable to all kinds of electrical and electronic products containing plastic parts, such as computers, cell phones, televisions, etc., which need to comply with the requirements of the WEEE report when disposing of their plastic parts at the end of life.

9, NSF report: the main role: is the U.S. National Sanitation Foundation for food or drinking water in contact with the microbial toxicity of products or materials test report. If plastic products are used in food processing equipment, drinking water piping and other areas of direct contact with food or drinking water, NSF certification is required. Note that the certification NSF is the most widely recognized of the plastic application water treatment fittings.

Scope of application: Plastic products used in the food processing industry, drinking water supply systems and other fields, such as plastic parts of food processing machinery, drinking fountains coffee machines and other accessories, drinking water pipeline plastic tubing and so on.

10. PFOA/PFAS: PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) and PFAS (perfluoro and polyfluoroalkyl compounds) are a class of man-made chemicals that are highly chemically stable, surface-active, thermally stable and hydrophobic and oleophobic. These substances are used in a wide variety of industrial and consumer products, such as non-stick pan coatings, waterproof and anti-fouling materials, and firefighting foams.

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