Consumer Products

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published an article in its new Product Conformity Assessment (PCA) Newsletter that explains how exporters to Kenya are affected by changes to its pre-export verification of conformity (PVoC) program. Kenya has recently updated the operational procedures for their PVoC Program. These changes include the removal […]

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the compliance date for regulations covering phenol, isopropylated phosphate (3:1) (PIP (3:1)). PIP (3:1) is a flame retardant and plasticizer used in plastic articles and as a functional fluid in aircraft and industrial machinery.

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding stakeholders that Health Canada has updated its list of product safety laboratory (PSL) test methods. These test methods are not mandatory. Test methods are only mandatory if they are mentioned in the relevant act or regulation. However, Health Canada does publish a list if

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published an article in its new Product Conformity Assessment (PCA) Newsletter looking at the Cameroon Pre-shipment Conformity Assessment Program. In May 2021, the Government in Cameroon issued a decree to extend its pre-shipment conformity assessment program to cover all imported goods. The changes came into

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published an article in its new Product Conformity Assessment (PCA) Newsletter looking at the increasing use of technical barriers to trade in African and Middle Eastern countries and the solutions available to exporters. The Middle East and Africa respectively accounted for 30% and 35% of

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding stakeholders that Japan has launched a one-month consultation over a proposal to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) related substances as Class I Specified Chemical Substances. The Ministries of Health, Labor and Welfare (WHLW), Trade, Economy and Industry (METI), and Environment opened the consultation on March

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders operating in California has expanded its listing for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) under Proposition 65 (Prop 65). The Californian Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) originally listed PFOA as a chemical known to cause reproductive toxicity on November 10, 2017. The extension to

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding stakeholders that the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has launched a consultation about listing N-(hydroxymethyl)acrylamide as a substance of very high concern (SVHC). N-(hydroxymethyl)acrylamide has a number of potential applications: Fluoroakly acrylate copolymer Monomer for polymerization Paints and coatings It is structurally similar to acrylamide