Could a household appliance incorporating the material require BSMI-related assessment?

Could a household appliance incorporating the material require BSMI-related assessment?

Taiwan's Commodity Inspection Act, as amended on 11 July 2007, states in Article 3: “The following commodities shall be inspected in accordance with this Act, provided that the categories, items, and/or shipping destinations of such commodities have been designated and made known to the public by the BSMI per public notice:”

Its list includes “Agricultural, industrial, and mining commodities to be imported.” The company does not say whether any appliance is on a list the BSMI has published. The company sets out its position under two bodies of law only, and neither of them is the law there.

Under United States law, NF Technical Products Inc. classifies the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter as a device under Section 2(h) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136(h), and 40 C.F.R. § 152.500(a). Under Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, C-POLAR Technologies, Inc. classifies the same filter as neither a biocidal product nor a treated article. Each statement records that it addresses that one question only. No authority has approved, registered, endorsed or cleared the filter; the company classifies its own article.

What an authority requires of a product placed on its market is decided under its own rules, by the party that places it there. Every commercial NanoFlashing™ product is made by a manufacturing partner, in their facility, in their format. NanoFlashing™ is a technology; the name, rating and sale of a product that carries it are set by that product's maker and seller.

Source: Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, sections 1.3 and 3.7, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.; Statement of Regulatory Status for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, sections 1.3 and 3.7, C-POLAR Technologies, Inc., 11 September 2026; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 6, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Commodity Inspection Act (Taiwan), Article 3, as amended 11 July 2007, English translation by the Ministry of Justice, read 20 September 2026, https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=J0100001.

Reviewed on 21 September 2026.