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PFAS Labeling Language Approved for Specified Products in Connecticut

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Baar (January 21, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 001.26, highlighting the approval of labeling language for certain products containing intentionally-added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the US state of Connecticut. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) in the state announced an order in

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Canada Proposes Mandatory Lithium-Ion Battery Safety Requirements

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Baar (January 20, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 190.25 to inform stakeholders about Health Canada’s proposal to introduce mandatory safety requirements for lithium-ion batteries and consumer products containing them under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA). The CCPSA regulates the safety of consumer products that

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Switzerland Further Aligns Chemical Risk Reduction Ordinance with EU Standards

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Baar (December 19, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 180.25, reporting on Switzerland’s update of several provisions under its Ordinance on the Reduction of Risks Relating to the Use of Certain Particularly Dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles (ORRChem). The revision brings Swiss regulation further in line with

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Revision to EU CLP Regulation on Substances and Mixtures Proposed

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Baar (December 12, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 178.25, focusing on the EU’s published draft update to the Classification, Labeling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures (CLP) Regulation, which proposes 38 new entries and revises 10. The CLP Regulation is in place to ensure the classification

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EU Proposes Ban on Three POP Chemicals

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Baar (December 12, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 175.25, summarizing the EU’s consultation on three draft laws to revise its legislation on persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The proposed listing of chlorpyrifos, medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs) and long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (LC-PFCAs) (and its related salts and compounds),

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Consumer Goods PFAS Regulated in Washington State

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Baar (December 12, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 174.25, highlighting the U.S. state of Washington’s adoption of a rule to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in 12 priority consumer products. PFAS, sometimes known as ‘forever chemicals’, are a family of substances, some of which are

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ECHA Adds Flame Retardant to Candidate List of SVHCs

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Baar (November 19, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 164.25, focusing on the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) addition of decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE), a flame retardant, to its Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs). Announced on November 5, 2025, the move increases the total number

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EU revises rules on polybrominated flame retardants under POP Recast Regulation

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Geneva (November 13, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 162.25, focusing on the EU’s amendments to the scope and unintentional trace contaminant limit (UTC) values for five flame retardant chemicals in its persistent organic pollutants (POP) Recast Regulation. These polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants are used

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SGS Strengthens Sustainability Leadership with Participation at COP30

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Geneva (November 4, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is participating in 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) to showcase its full range of services which help organizations become more sustainable. The company will engage in numerous official panels and side events in Brazil, the epicenter of global discussions

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Japan Proposes Ban on Three Persistent Organic Pollutants

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Geneva (October 31, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 155.25 to inform stakeholders that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and other competent authorities intend to designate three persistent organic pollutants (POPs), as Class I Specified Chemical Substances under the Law Concerning the Evaluation of Chemical

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