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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that Washington state has announced that five additional types of food packaging made from plant fibers have been banned. The prohibited articles and their safer alternatives are: Bags and sleeves – densified paper and wax-coated options Bowls – clay-coated, polylactic acid-coated, polylactic acid […]

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising suppliers that the European Union (EU) has amended its standard on the use of substances and mixtures in a variety of toys and games. Updated on May 4, 2022, by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), the standard – EN 71-13:2021+A1:2022 – covers: Olfactory

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a SafeGuardS article to help stakeholders understand recently mandated changes to Thailand’s rules relating to microwavable food contact plastic materials and articles. A Ministerial Regulation was issued by the Ministry of Industry in April 2022 mandating the following standards: TIS 2493 Part 1-2554 (2011)

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that Thailand has mandated three standards for certain food contact plastic materials and articles. Thailand’s Ministry of Industry issued a Ministerial Regulation in April 2022 covering the following standards: TIS 655 Part 1-2553 (2010) ‘Plastic utensils for food – Part 1 Polyethylene, polypropylene,

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding stakeholders that BIFMA has released a new standard for home office and occasional-use tables and storage units. In April 2022, BIFMA published ANSI/BIFMA X6.5 Home Office and Occasional-Use Table and Storage Products. This replaces ANSI/SOHO S6.5-2008, which was BIFMA’s first attempt to define standards

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding stakeholders that the US is prohibiting the manufacture, sale and distribution of inclined sleepers and crib bumpers for infants. US President Joe Biden signed H.R. 3182 ‘Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021’ into law on May 16, 2022. Inclined sleepers and crib bumpers

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that the European Union (EU) has issued draft legislation to restrict formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing substances in articles. If accepted, the draft legislation would add a new entry to Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 ‘Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals’ (Annex XVII

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is pleased to invite traders of food contact materials (FCM) to a webinar on June 9, 2022 – United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Regulatory Requirements for Food Contact Materials. Importing to and trading in the UAE and KSA requires manufacturers and

‘How Air Filtration Machines are Tested to Ensure They are Effective’ is a podcast with Dr Simon Harkis, manager of SGS’s air filtration lab in Milton Keynes, UK. Shining a light on the little-known world of a science that has been of great importance to the world in the last couple of years, it is