Consumer Products

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has published a new cost-effective qualitative method for detecting the presence of nickel in consumer products. The new test method is CEN/TR 12471:2022 – ‘Screening for the presence of nickel in articles which are inserted into […]

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that Switzerland has begun implementing new provisions in its Ordinance on the Reduction of Risks Associated with the use of Particularly Dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles (ORRChem). On March 10, 2022, Switzerland issued Official Collection 2022 162 to revise ORRChem and created further

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, provides an extended Verification of Conformity service for the Kingdom of Morocco in response to an updated list of products destined for the Kingdom which are subject to control abroad. In March 2022 Morocco’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIC) added clothing fabrics to its Verification

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding operators in California of a further proposed revision to the ‘clear and reasonable’ warning under California Proposition 65 (Prop 65). The California Office of Environment Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has announced a second 15-day modification over additional updates to its proposed amendments to the

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