SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding stakeholders that BIFMA has released a new standard for home office and occasional-use tables and storage units. In April 2022, BIFMA published ANSI/BIFMA X6.5 Home Office and Occasional-Use Table and Storage Products. This replaces ANSI/SOHO S6.5-2008, which was BIFMA’s first attempt to define standards […]
SGS will host a complimentary webinar, ‘International Type Approval for Toys in Latin America’, on Thursday, June 16, 2022. This event is aimed at retailers, manufacturers and suppliers aiming to sell to these growing markets. For toy manufacturers and retailers used to placing their goods in European or North American markets, increasing numbers of national
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that France will implement restrictions on two categories of mineral oil in ink for packaging and printed paper from January 1, 2023. The French Ministry of Ecological Transition issued Decree of April 13, 2022, on May 3, 2022, regulating two categories of mineral
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding stakeholders that the US is prohibiting the manufacture, sale and distribution of inclined sleepers and crib bumpers for infants. US President Joe Biden signed H.R. 3182 ‘Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021’ into law on May 16, 2022. Inclined sleepers and crib bumpers
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that China has published a new standard for children’s leather sandals – QB/T 4546-2021. Issued on December 2, 2021, by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology the new product standard came into effect on April 1, 2022, replacing the 2012 iteration. It
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding stakeholders that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has issued a new standard for children’s athletic shoes. Published on December 2, 2021, by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, QB/T 4331-2021 came into effect on April 1, 2022, replacing the 2012 iteration. The
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding stakeholders that under US rules, claims that textiles made with ‘bamboo fibers’ may be erroneous and therefore subject to fines. In the US, the labeling and advertising of textile fibers is subject to the provisions in the Fiber Products Identification Act and the Textile
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is keeping stakeholders informed about recent data released from the European Union (EU) Safety Gate, formerly RAPEX – the rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products. According to 2021 data, toys were the second most recalled product category in the EU, behind motor vehicles. In total,
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that the European Union (EU) has issued draft legislation to restrict formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing substances in articles. If accepted, the draft legislation would add a new entry to Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 ‘Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals’ (Annex XVII
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding stakeholders that Spain has published a new law on waste and contaminated soil for a circular economy. Published on April 9, 2022, Law 7/2022 of April 8 contains several important provisions, including: Directive (EU) 2019/904 – Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Directive – transposed into national
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