Baar (February 11, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 014.26, focusing on the EU’s announcement of Directive (EU) 2026/192, which amends the Toy Safety Directive (TSD) by permitting the use of cobalt in three specific applications. Cobalt and several of its salts are defined as carcinogenic, mutagenic
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Baar (February 6, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, provides key insights into process navigation for the US Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) certificates of compliance (CoCs) in a Consumer Compact article. The CPSC published a Final Rule in the Federal Register on January 8, 2025, introducing mandatory electronic filing
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Baar (February 3, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 007.26, summarizing Ukraine’s draft order ‘On approval of requirements for the restrictions of use of certain epoxy derivatives in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food’. Subject to public consultation and in accordance with Commission
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Baar (February 2, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 010.26, outlining China’s publication of the updated GB/T 6675 Part 11 toy safety standard for at-home activity toys. This new standard, ‘Safety of toys – Part 11: Swings, slides and similar activity toys for indoor and outdoor family
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Baar (February 2, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 009.26, reporting on two separate laws published in Montenegro for ceramic and recycled plastic food contact materials (FCM). Regulation OGM No 145/2025 on ceramic food contact articles and Regulation OGM No 145/2025 on recycled plastic food contact materials
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Baar (February 2, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 008.26, summarizing the European Committee for Standardization’s (CEN) latest version of the standard for substances and mixtures used in chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets. EN 71-5:2025 was issued in December 2025 and specifies the requirements and
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Baar (January 22, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 005.26, which focuses on the Southern Common Market’s (Mercado Común del Sur, Mercosur) December 2025 announcement of the Mercosur Technical Regulation on Silicones for the Manufacture of Materials, Packaging, Coating and Equipment Intended to Come into Contact with
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Baar (January 22, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 005.26, which focuses on the Southern Common Market’s (Mercado Común del Sur, Mercosur) December 2025 announcement of the Mercosur Technical Regulation on Silicones for the Manufacture of Materials, Packaging, Coating and Equipment Intended to Come into Contact with
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Baar (January 21, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 003.26, introducing two new food standards in Thailand for food contact paper products. Two Ministerial Regulations from Thailand’s Ministry of Industry were published in December 2025 for two categories of food contact paper products. The first Ministerial Regulation
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Baar (January 21, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 002.26, reporting on the EU’s new guidance on the use of bisphenol A (BPA), other hazardous bisphenols and bisphenol derivatives in certain food contact materials (FCMs). Guideline (C/2025/67621) was issued by the EU in December 2025, following Commission
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