Geneva (May 14, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 061.25, reporting on New Zealand’s prohibition on the manufacture and use of three persistent organic pollutant (POP) chemicals. POP chemicals are known to cause harm to human, animal and environmental health. The Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) […]
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Geneva (May 13, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has launched an all-in-one solution to assist manufacturers and suppliers of food contact substances in obtaining regulatory authorization for North American markets. Food contact substances are subject to stringent safety standards and need to undergo a rigorous authorization process in many
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Geneva (May 7, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 060.25, reporting on India’s decision to allow the use of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in food contact materials (FCM) and articles. The use of PET is controversial due to its significant environmental footprint, the high energy demands of
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Geneva (April 24, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 057.25, focusing on the European Commission’s (EC) publication of an explanatory guide for the restriction of synthetic polymer microparticles (SPM), also known as microplastics, under new entry 78 to Annex XVII of the Registration, Authorization and Restriction of
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Geneva (April 24, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is pleased to host a live webinar, ‘Exploring the draft EU toy safety regulation,’ on May 13, 2025. Businesses selling toys in the EU must stay informed about proposed changes to toy safety legislation to ensure compliance with both current and
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Geneva (April 17, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 052.25, detailing the US Consumer Products Safety Commission’s (CPSC) publication of a direct final rule, 16 CFR 1238, which adopts ASTM F2012-24 without modifications as the mandatory safety standard for stationery activity centers. ASTM F2012-24 establishes updated performance
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Geneva (April 16, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 055.25, highlighting China’s announcement of several new national standards for food contact materials (FCM) and articles. China’s National Health Commission (NHC) and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) announced five new standards and an amendment to one
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Geneva (April 16, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 054.25, detailing revisions to the Netherlands’ food contact metals and alloys requirements. Under reference number 3976782-1072880-WJZ, the Regulation of the State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport amends the requirements for food contact metals and alloys set out
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Geneva (April 16, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 053.25, reporting on the EU’s regulation of 18 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in clay targets under new entry 50a to Annex XVII of the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation. The restrictions will apply from
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Geneva (April 4, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 049.25, summarizing a proposed ban on toxic chemicals in packaging for the US state of Minnesota. Introduced in February 2025 as SF 1380, the proposed ban has identified 18 chemicals of classes of chemicals for restriction. If approved,
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