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Thailand Proposes Restriction of Two Persistent Chemicals

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 015.25, highlighting Thailand’s plans to designate Dechlorane Plus and UV-328 as persistent organic pollutants (POP) under the Category 3 hazardous substances list. UV-328 services a wide variety of applications as a UV absorber, helping protect surfaces against discoloration and degradation from UV/sunlight exposure. […]

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US FDA Issues Letter to Cookware Retailers and Distributors

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Geneva (February 5, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 014.25, reporting on the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) notification to cookware retailers and distributors regarding certain imported products that may release lead into food and should not be sold in the US. The letter, sent in

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ASEAN Cosmetic Directive Amended

Cosmetics & Personal Care /

Geneva (February 2, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 013.25, summarizing amendments to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Cosmetic Directive following the ASEAN Cosmetic Committee (ACC) meeting in Thailand in November 2024. The ASEAN Cosmetic Directive is an agreement among the ten member states of

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SGS hosts exclusive webinar on US FDA dietary supplement labeling regulations

Food /

Geneva (February 4, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is pleased to announce a specialist webinar focused on US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) dietary supplement labeling requirements on February 12, 2025. This free, online seminar is designed for food professionals worldwide, particularly those in research and development (R&D), quality

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Publication of CEN Amendment to EN71-13:2021 for Certain Games and Kits

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 012.25, summarizing the European Committee for Standardization’s (CEN) publication of EN 71-13:2021+A2:2024. This is the latest toy safety standard for requirements on the use of substances and mixtures in olfactory board games, cosmetic kits, games involving tasting or exploring different flavors, as well

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New Turkish Import Controls on Toys and Other Goods

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 011.25, reporting on three communiqués relating to Turkey’s Risk-Based Control System for Foreign Trade ((Dış Ticarette Risk Esaslı Kontrol Sistemi, TAREKS), the country’s platform for electronically conducted safety and quality inspections on imported goods. Issued on December 31, 2024, by Turkey’s Ministry of

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CEN Publishes New Technical Specification for Passive Transportation Function Tricycles

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 010.25, highlighting the European Committee for Standardization’s (CEN) new technical specification covering the safety of tricycles that provide a passive transportation function. The Toys Safety Directive 2009/48/EC established minimum safety standards for toys, including tricycles. However, the new technical specification (TS) – TS17876,

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Transform consumer product safety compliance with SGS at ICPHSO 2025

Consumer Products /

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is proud to announce it is a sponsor at the 2025 Annual Meeting and Training Symposium organized by the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO). This year’s theme, ‘Fostering Bridges Within the Product Safety Community, ’ will unite regulators and key industry operators from

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Reformulation of Chemicals in Consumer Products under California Proposition 65

Consumer Products /

Geneva (January 24, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 009.25 to keep stakeholders informed on multiple settlements for a range of products containing California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) listed chemicals. First published in 1987 and updated at least once a year since, California’s ‘Safe Drinking Water and

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Three POP Chemicals Regulated in Japan

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Geneva (January 24, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 006.25, highlighting Japan’s designation of three persistent organic pollutant (POP) chemicals as Class 1 Specified Chemical Substances. Methoxychlor is a bioaccumulative pesticide toxic to aquatic life. Dechlorane plus is a flame retardant commonly used in electronics and cars,

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