Consumer Products

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published an article looking at the issue of technical barriers to trade (TBT) and the ways exporters can ensure their products will successfully access target markets. In 1995, the WTO received 388 TBT notifications. In 2019, this had risen to 3,337. Governments are increasingly using […]

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published an article looking at the issues surrounding market access for consumer electricals in Latin America. Latin America (LatAm) incorporates twenty countries, with each enforcing their own product safety regulations. Even when commercial agreements exist between countries – MERCOSUR or CAN – importers still face

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 Kingdom of Morocco’s newly implemented PCA Program. Morocco’s new PCA program came into effect on February 1, 2020. It covers a wide range of products, 80% of which are subject to

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