January 2025

SGS Examines Compliance Issue for Winter Sports PPE

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a Consumer Compact article examining the increasing need for product compliance to mitigate the risks associated with winter sports. High-profile accidents have drawn a sharp focus toward the importance of effective personal protective equipment (PPE) in activities like skiing, snowboarding and other winter sports. […]

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SGS explains the benefits of 5G RedCap technology

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a Consumer Compact article looking at the rise of 5G reduced capacity (RedCap) technology and its implications for product compliance. The arrival of 5G, operating on reduced band frequencies, has opened up the possibilities of faster connectivity at a more affordable price, reflected in

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SGS Analyzes the Problem with Forever Chemicals

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a Consumer Compact article on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often called ‘forever chemicals’. With the dangers of many PFAS chemicals now widely accepted and media coverage increasing, the hazards they pose to human, animal and environmental health are now a matter of global

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SGS Investigates MedTech Cybersecurity Challenges

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a Consumer Compact article examining the dangers posed by cyberattacks on medical technologies (MedTech). Healthcare providers and patients are benefiting from an expanding range of digital technologies, which can enhance diagnosis, monitoring, treatment and care. Alongside these advances, the healthcare sector is increasingly facing

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An SGS Guide to Digital Product Passports

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a Consumer Compact article detailing the drive to sustainable fashion and highlighting the vital role of the Digital Product Passport (DPP). With the Green Deal and the Eco-design for Sustainable Products Regulation, the EU’s focus on supply chain transparency, sustainability, and traceability will profoundly

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US CPSC Publishes Final Rule for Implementation of eFiling of Certificates of Compliance

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 189.24, highlighting the US Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) approval of its final rule on the implementation of electronic filing (eFiling) of certificates of compliance (CoC) for regulated consumer products. The new rule was published in the Federal Register on Jan 8, 2025.

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PFAS Prohibited in Californian Menstrual Products

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 176.24 to provide stakeholders with a helpful overview of California’s new law for menstrual products. The Take All Menstrual Product-PFAS Out Now (T.A.M.P.O.N.) Act (AB 2515) was signed into law on September 30, 2024. This act prohibits per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from

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Toxic-Free Kids Act Amended in Oregon, USA

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 004.25, detailing the US state of Oregon’s Permanent Administrative Order (PAO) PH 119-2024, which amends its disclosure program for children’s products. Announced in December 2024, the PAO revises administrative rules related to the state’s Toxic-Free Kids Act, which authorizes the Oregon Health Authority

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Canada Amends Composite Wood Products Formaldehyde Emissions Regulation

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 003.25, summarizing changes to regulations on formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products in Canada under the nation’s Environmental Protection Act of 1999. Effective March 18, 2025, SOR/2024-256 implements changes following a 2023 consultation on amendments to the previous regulations. The revisions aim to

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USA Adopts Final Rule Regulating the Solvent Carbon Tetrachloride

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 188.24 to summarize the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)’s final rule 89 FR 103512 regulating the use of the carbon solvent tetrachloride (CTC). CTC was one of the first ten chemicals evaluated by the EPA under the amended Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

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