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SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, is to host a complimentary webinar on BIFMA Compliant. It will help commercial furniture manufacturers and importers understand and benefit from the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association’s (BIFMA’s) new conformance program. BIFMA’s Compliant Program is a 60-minute webinar that takes place on April 29, […]

SGS has announced it will host a free webinar ‘Food Contact Materials – Understanding EU Requirements’ on March 19, 2020. Open to food contact quality and regulatory compliance professionals in the packaging and food industries, the webinar will explain European Union (EU) requirements in relation to food contact materials (FCM). It will include an overview

India has published a new toy regulation under Extraordinary in its Gazette. The Order, Toys (Quality Control) Order, 2020, covers the regulation of toys and/or materials used for the purposes of play by children under fourteen years of age. It will also include other toys notified by Central Government. The Order requires toys to conform

Canada’s CSA Group has published a new voluntary national standard for barbecue grill brushes. Published on December 19, 2019, the new standard, CSA Z630:19, has the aim of trying to minimize the possibility of stakeholders accidentally ingesting loose metal bristles from barbecue brushes. It covers handheld barbecue grill brushes, including those with replaceable heads, that

An application notice relating to the updated standards for mezzanine beds has been published in the Journal Officiel de la République Française (JORF). It relates to Decree No 95-949, which seeks to reduce risks associated with the use of bunk beds in domestic or contract environments. The application notice relates to mezzanine beds. These are

In its aim to help toy manufacturers, importers and retailers ensure their Electrical and Electronic (EE) toys are safe and compliant for European markets, SGS – the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, is to host a complimentary webinar. ‘Focus on EN IEC 62115:2020 for Electrical and Electronic Toys’ takes place on March