SGS, the world’s leading testing inspection and certification company, is pleased to invite marketers, brands, retailers and suppliers operating in France to a specialized webinar on the latest Refashion eco-modulations, with a focus on the durability requirements for textiles, household linen and footwear (TLC). The French Government has mandated Refashion to promote the design of […]
SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 187.24 reporting on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule 89 FR 103560, which regulates the use of the solvent perchloroethylene (PCE). PCE, also known as perc or tetrachloroethylene, is a colorless liquid used in consumer applications such as adhesives and brake
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 186.24 to summarize the final rule issued by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban trichloroethylene (TCE). TCE was among the first ten chemicals reviewed by the EPA in 2016 under the U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Typically, it has been
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 185.24, summarizing changes to Switzerland’s positive list for food contact plastics and packaging inks. Effective from January 1, 2025, Official Collection 2024 755 (RO 2024 755) updates two annexes in Switzerland’s Ordinance on Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Foodstuffs
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 184.24, summarizing the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s December 2024 announcement of revisions to FZ/T 62017-2024, the country’s standard for toweling gowns. With a scope applicable to woven toweling garments primarily made of textile fibers, including gowns, bath dresses and shower
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 183.25, highlighting the revision of China’s FZ/T 81009-2024 product standard for artificial fur garments. The new standard will become effective on July 1, 2026. The revisions are applicable to garments mainly made of an artificial fur shell, or artificial fur materials used in
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 182.25, summarizing China’s new product standard for quick-dry knitted garments. The standard came into effect on January 1, 2025. Industry standard FZ/T 73077-2024 was included in the No.18 announcement from the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in December 2024. Its scope
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 179.24 to provide businesses operating in Australia with an update on regulated chemicals in consumer products. On December 2, 2024, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) issued an amendment to Australia’s Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Instrument 2022
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is delighted to host a complimentary webinar, ‘Measuring product effects on the scalp: challenges and solutions’, on January 22, 2025. Trends in skin and haircare have shown that consumers are moving towards products that provide not only short-term cosmetic effects but also boost the long-term health
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 177.24 to keep stakeholders informed about California’s long-anticipated amendment to its Proposition 65 (Prop 65) safe harbor warning methods. The California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the amendments on November 26, 2024. The amendment will revise various sections of the warning methods
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