August 2022

New Food Contact Materials and Articles Standard Proposed by Uganda

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SGS, the world’s leading testing inspection and certification company, is reminding stakeholders that Uganda intends to publish a new standard for food contact materials and articles. The World Trade Organization (WTO) circulated a draft standard on June 22, 2022. It contains several important requirements: Food contact surfaces and materials, including active and intelligent materials, used […]

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SGS Reminds Stakeholders of Canada’s Ban on Some Single-Use Plastic Products

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that, starting in December 2022, Canada will be prohibiting the manufacture, import and sale of six categories of single-use plastic. The Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations (SOR/2022-138) was issued on June 22, 2022. It covers single-use plastic: Checkout bags Cutlery Foodservice ware Ring carriers

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China Issues New Professional Track and Field Clothing Standard

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising manufacturers of professional track and field clothing that China has issued a new national product standard – GB/T 41174-2021. The new standard was issued by the Standardization Administration of China in 2021, as part of China’s No. 17 announcement of approved national standards. It

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First California Prop 65 Settlement Reached for Bisphenol A in Socks

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that the first California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) settlement has been reached for socks made primarily from polyester with Spandex containing bisphenol A (BPA). Prop 65, or the ‘Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986’, is a unique piece of legislation

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