SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 186.24 to summarize the final rule issued by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban trichloroethylene (TCE). TCE was among the first ten chemicals reviewed by the EPA in 2016 under the U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Typically, it has been […]
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 179.24 to provide businesses operating in Australia with an update on regulated chemicals in consumer products. On December 2, 2024, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) issued an amendment to Australia’s Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Instrument 2022
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 177.24 to keep stakeholders informed about California’s long-anticipated amendment to its Proposition 65 (Prop 65) safe harbor warning methods. The California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the amendments on November 26, 2024. The amendment will revise various sections of the warning methods
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 174.24, highlighting the specified list of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) isomers, their salts and PFOA-related compounds under the country’s Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL) in relation to Class 1 Specified Substances. PFOA are used in products to resist sticking, heat, water, stains and grease,
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuards 173.24 on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) amendment to the final rules for decabromodiphenyl (DecaBDE) and Phenol, isopropylated phosphate (3:1) (PIP (3:1) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The final rules cover these chemicals as well as the products and articles
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a SafeGuardS on the European Union’s (EU) enforcement of new rules under the Classification, Labeling and Packaging of Chemicals (CLP) Regulation. Regulation (EU) 2024/2856 amends Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and is intended to strengthen chemical safety and information transparency in the light of globalization,
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 165.24 to highlight specific exemptions made to the ban on Dechlorane Plus and UV-328 issued in Singapore. The exemptions are effective from November 12, 2024, or until viable alternatives are available. Dechlorane Plus and UV-328 are widely used plastic additives. They are two
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 162.24 looking at the addition of triphenyl phosphate (TPP) to the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHC). TTP is used as a flame retardant and plasticizer. With its inclusion on the Candidate List, use of this
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is proud to announce the global launch of SGS SMART – a comprehensive cloud-based supply chain management platform for the consumer products industry. Successfully launching a consumer product onto a competitive market depends on a complex series of processes that require transparency, focused management and seamless
SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a SafeGuardS summarizing the European Union’s (EU) revision of the classification, labeling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP) Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2564 of June 19, 2024, was published in September 2024 and contains several important changes to the
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