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US Legislative Developments on PFAS in Consumer Products

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Geneva (February 13, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 021.25, detailing developments in the regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in several US states. Substances from the PFAS family of chemicals (which includes perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS)) are commonly found in industry […]

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Flame Retardants in Certain Products to be Regulated in US State of Georgia

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Geneva (February 13, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 020.25, reporting Georgia’s proposals to regulate flame retardants in certain consumer goods. HB 9, the ‘Safer States Act’, was introduced on January 13, 2025. If approved, it would revise Chapter 15 of Title 25 of the Official Code

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EU Publishes New Rules for Packaging and Packaging Waste

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Geneva (February 7, 2024) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 019.25 to summarize the European Union’s (EU) new rules for packaging and packaging waste. (EU) 2025/40, the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), published on January 22, 2025, comes into force on February 11, 2025, when it will

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Five Substances Added to ECHA Candidate List

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 018.25 to provide an overview of the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) addition of five substances and revision of one substance on the Candidate List. The Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHC) includes chemicals that can cause harm to people, animals

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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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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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Transform consumer product safety compliance with SGS at ICPHSO 2025

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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

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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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Proposal to Regulate PFAS in Products in the US State of Maine

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Geneva (January 24, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 007.25, summarizing Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection’s proposed rule to implement its ‘Products Containing PFAS’ law. The law aims to protect human, animal and environmental health from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), so-called ‘forever chemicals’. It was originally

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