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 […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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Geneva (August 5, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 110.25, detailing updates to ISO 8124-4:2025, the latest edition of the ISO standard for activity toys. ISO 8124-4:2025 is the third edition of this standard for activity toys used in a domestic setting. It replaces the previous 2014
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Geneva (July 31, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is pleased to host a complimentary webinar, “Uganda PVoC Program Awareness 2025 – Ensuring Compliance of Your Products to the Program Requirements,” on August 12, 2025. The Uganda PVoC program, implemented by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), plays a
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Geneva (July 31, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 108.25, reporting on the EU’s listing of UV-328 as a revision to Regulation 2019/1021 on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Recast Regulation. Recognized as toxic chemicals, POPs resist degradation and accumulate in the environment, posing significant risks to human
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