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Satra promotes testing facilities ahead of EC’s chromium deadline

04/04/2014

Leather and footwear testing organisation Satra is promoting its services for companies wishing to verify leathers are compliant with the new European Commission ruling on chromium, which comes into effect on May 1.

Leather articles, or articles which contain leather parts that will come into contact with the human skin, that contain chromium VI above 3 mg/kg (on dry weight of leather) will be prohibited.

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