August 2025

Azerbaijan Introduces New Standards for Food Contact Materials

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Geneva (August 13, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 116.25 to keep stakeholders informed about Azerbaijan’s new standards and rules for food contact materials (FCMs) and articles. Azerbaijan’s Food Safety Agency (AFSA, Azərbaycan Respublikasının Qida Təhlükəsizliyi Agentliyi) issued Decision of the Board No. 56 of May 20, […]

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Updated Specifications for Food Contact Materials in Japan

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Geneva (August 13, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 114.25, summarizing revisions to Japan’s specifications and standards for food contact materials. Cabinet Office Notification No. 95 entered into force on June 1, 2025, with revised methods and specifications becoming effective on June 1, 2026. This notice partially

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Webinar delivers compliance essentials for recycled plastics and NIAS in food contact materials

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Geneva (August 11, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is pleased to host a complimentary live webinar, ‘Navigating the Challenges of Using Recycled Plastics and Managing NIAS in Food Contact Materials’, on September 4, 2025. The increasing use of recycled plastics in food contact materials (FCMs) reflects the food contact

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Explore Updates to Japan’s CPSA and Its Implications for Overseas Businesses

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Geneva (August 11, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is pleased to host a complimentary webinar, ‘Japan’s Consumer Product Safety Act: Key Updates and Implications for Global Companies’, on August 21, 2025. In 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) introduced important revisions to the Consumer Product Safety

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EU Reinforces RED Regulation Articles for Cybersecurity in Connected Devices

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Geneva (August 8, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 115.25, summarizing the European Union’s reinforcement of security requirements under the Radio Equipment Directive (RED) for connected devices. Articles 3.3 (d), (e) and (f) of RED will come into force on August 1, 2025, and apply to internet-connected

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Turkey Updates Labeling Rules for Animal-Derived Materials in Consumer Products

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Geneva (August 8, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 109.25 to keep stakeholders informed about recent changes to Turkey’s rules for labeling consumer products containing animal-derived materials. The Turkish Ministry of Trade published Official Gazette No. 32865 on April 9, 2025, updating labeling requirements for consumer products

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EFBE and SGS unite to set new standards in bicycle and e-bike compliance

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Geneva (August 6, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is pleased to announce that EFBE Prüftechnik GmbH and EFBE Co., Ltd. (collectively EFBE) have joined the SGS family. This move expands SGS’s global capabilities in the bicycle and e-bike sector. Based in Waltrop, Germany, with a subsidiary in Taichung, Taiwan,

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PFAS Reporting Deadline for Consumer Goods Extended in Minnesota, USA

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Geneva (August 6, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 113.25, detailing the six-month delay to the reporting delay for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in products for the US state of Minnesota. PFAS, often referred to as ‘forever chemicals’, are being increasingly restricted due to their toxic

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Food Contact Materials Law Updated in The Netherlands

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Geneva (August 5, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 111.25, which details changes to the Netherlands’ Commodities Act (Regulation on Packaging and Consumer Products) regarding food contact materials and articles. The Regulation of the State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport of June 12, 2025, reference number

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