Switzerland-based testing, labelling, and product certification provider Oeko-Tex has published comprehensive new guidelines regarding chemicals used in the leather industries, which will apply in 2023 after a transition period.

For example, Oeko-Tex has issued a general ban on the use of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS/PFC) in leather, footwear and textiles.

Other important changes to the Oeko-Tex regulations are substances that have been reclassified as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). This reclassification primarily concerns the antioxidant drometrizole and the chemical compound N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone.

Full details of the new regulations are available on the Oeko-Tex website. In addition, the organisation will host a webinar on January 16 to explain the changes to interested parties. 

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