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SGS Summarizes New Australian Mandatory Safety Standard for Bicycle Helmets

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 115.24 to provide stakeholders with an overview of Australia’s new mandatory safety standard for bicycle helmets. Updated on March 22, 2024, Consumer Goods (Bicycle Helmets) Safety Standard 2024 applies to helmets that offer protection to the skull during impact. It sets out the […]

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SGS Summarizes EPA Industry Guidance for Compliance with Methylene Chloride Rule

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a summary of the US EPA’s guidance on requirements and responsibilities under the methylene chloride rule, which was published on July 11, 2024. The guidance document provides a detailed overview of usage categories for the solvent methylene chloride and comes in the wake of

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SGS Summarizes Montenegro Alignment of Toy Safety Requirements with EU

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 117.24 to provide toy manufacturers and suppliers with an overview of Montenegro’s further alignment of its toy safety requirements with European Union (EU) legislation. Montenegro originally published its Rulebook on Toy Safety (OGM No.4/2015) in 2015. This effectively adopted EU Directive 2009/48/EC, the

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SGS Summarizes South Korean Revision to Food Contact Material Standards

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a SafeGuardS on South Korea’s revision of its national standards and specifications for food contact materials and articles. The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued Notice No. 2024-29 on June 21, 2024, to partially revise ‘Standards and Specifications for Utensils,

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SGS Summarizes Three Additions to Health Canada Approach to the General Prohibitions Under the CCPSA

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 114.24 to provide stakeholders with a useful summary of recent changes made to Health Canada’s approach to the General Prohibitions under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA). Health Canada added the following consumer products to Table 1 on July 10, 2024:– Lithium-ion

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Boost credibility with SGS Green Marks’ ‘Product Carbon Footprint’ and ‘Carbon Footprint Reduced’ claim verification

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has launched two additions to its SGS Green Marks program: Product Carbon Footprint and Carbon Footprint Reduced. Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) is an essential measurement of greenhouse gas emission and removal within a product’s life cycle. Brands, manufacturers, suppliers and retailers can now benefit from SGS

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SGS Summarizes Designation of PFOA Isomers and PFOA-related compounds as Class 1 Substances in Japan

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a SafeGuardS summarizing Japan’s designation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) isomers, their salts and PFOA-related compounds as Class 1 Specified Substances. Under Enforcement Order of the Act on the Examination of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacturing, etc. (Cabinet Order No. 202 of 1974),

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SGS Summarizes New Argentine Labeling Requirements for Imported Textiles, Garments and Footwear

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a SafeGuardS summarizing Argentina’s Resolution 49/2024, which streamlines the labeling requirements for imported textiles, garments and footwear. Resolution 49/2024 replaces Resolution No. 404/16 of the Argentine Ministry of Commerce and modifies articles in Resolutions No. 26/96 and No. 850/96. It updates the nation’s labeling

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SGS Summarizes New Chinese Mandatory Product Standard for Infant and Children’s Footwear

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 111.24 to provide stakeholders with an overview of the main technical changes brought in with China’s new mandatory product standard for infant and children’s footwear – GB 30585-2024. The new standard was issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization

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SGS Summarizes New Chinese Mandatory Product Standard for General Safety Requirements in Footwear

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 110.24 to provide stakeholders with a useful summary of China’s new mandatory product standard covering the general safety requirements for footwear – GB 25038-2024. GB 25038-2024 was issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of the People’s Republic

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