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New Toy and Children’s Products Standard Consultation in Hong Kong

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Baar (December 23, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 183.25, reporting on Hong Kong’s launch of a consultation on draft amendments to several standards for toys and children’s products. The Hong Kong government launched the one-month consultation on December 1, 2025. The proposed revisions cover changes to

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Update to CEN Nickel Standard for Spectacle Frames and Sunglasses

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Baar (December 23, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 181.25, focusing on the European Committee for Standardization’s (CEN) latest version of the nickel release standard for spectacle frames and sunglasses. EN 16128:2025, ‘Ophthalmic optics – Reference method for the testing of spectacle frames and sunglasses for nickel

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Modified Law on Food Contact Materials for the Netherlands

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Baar (December 12, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 176.25, reporting on the Netherlands’ revision of its Commodities Act on food contact materials (FCMs) and articles. An amendment was made on November 25 to the Commodities Act (Regulation on Packaging and Consumer Products). This amendment replaces Regulation

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New Consumer Product Safety Act for Japan In Effect

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Baar (December 10, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 179.25, reporting on Japan’s Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA), which takes effect on December 25, 2025. The CPSA applies new requirements to toys intended for children under 36 months. After December 25, 2025, they must be marked with

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SGS Opens First Comprehensive Toy Testing Laboratory in Cambodia

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Baar (December 10, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is delighted to announce the opening of a new testing laboratory in Phnom Penh. The new facility, which will provide the first full physical and chemical testing service for plush and costume toys in Cambodia, will be open for applications in

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SGS expands UK capabilities with new state-of-the-art consumer goods testing facility in Manchester

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Baar (December 9, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is pleased to announce the opening of its new cutting-edge, UKAS-accredited testing facility in Manchester. The new laboratory strengthens SGS’s capabilities in hardlines and electrical and electronic (E&E) product testing, helping manufacturers and retailers comply with UK and international regulatory requirements.

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Toy Standards List Revision for Moldova

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Baar (December 2, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 173.25, focusing on Moldova’s revision of its toy safety standards list. Order No. 79/2025 from Moldova’s Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization approves the country’s list of standards, which adopts harmonized European standards for the presumption of conformity

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Nitrosamines in Rubber Pacifier Nipples Standard Reinstated by ASTM International

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Baar (December 2, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 171.25, reporting on the reinstatement of the ASTM International standard F1313-25 ‘Standard Specification for Volatile N-nitrosamine Levels in Rubber Nipples on Pacifiers’. This October 2025 update re-establishes restrictions contained in ASTM F1313-90 (reapproved 2011). The standard was withdrawn

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New CEN Standard for Finger Paints Released

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Baar (November 27, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 169.25, reporting on the European Committee for Standardization’s (CEN) latest version of its finger paint standard, EN 71-7:2025. EN 71-7:2025, ‘Finger Paints – Requirements and Test Methods’ was issued in October 2025. This version includes specifications for substances

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Transitional Measures for Certain Food Plastics Amended by the EU

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Baar (November 26, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 168.25, highlighting the publication of Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/2240 on November 6, 2025. This Regulation revises transitional measures for food contact plastics made with salicylic acid or untreated wood flour and fibers. Concerns about the toxicity of these

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