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SGS, the world’s leading testing and certification service provider, offers a range of solutions to help online retailers ensure their products arrive intact and undamaged while minimizing packaging costs, environmental impact and avoiding chargebacks and fees. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant increase in online sales. One survey has recorded an 80% increase in […]

SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, will host a complimentary webinar on September 29, 2020, to discuss chemical safety for toys entering the EU market. The webinar agenda covers: Strengthened limits for aluminum migration New requirements for toys containing formaldehyde and diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) An expanded Substances of Very High Concern

In June 2020, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published two amendments to its Safety of Toys standard – ISO 8124-1:2018. ISO 8124-1:2018 Safety of toys — Part 1: Safety aspects related to mechanical and physical properties – applies to any product or material designed or clearly intended for use in play by children aged

SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, has launched the Buying Assistance Program, a new service to help consumer goods manufacturers successfully source suppliers for their global supply chains. SGS’s Buying Assistance Program, devised for the toys and hardgoods sector, fills a gap that has become readily apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The US Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a Final Rule that establishes a new safety standard for expansion gates and enclosures for young children. Published on July 6, 2020, the standard defines: Expansion gates – “barrier intended to be erected in an opening, such as a doorway, to prevent the passage of young

The Colombian Ministry of Health and Social Protection has extended the period of validity of its emergency technical regulation relating to the migration of lead and cadmium from food contact glass, ceramics, and similar products. This emergency technical regulation was originally issued in July 2019 and was to remain valid for twelve months – until

The US state of Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has added perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its salts to a list of priority chemicals (PCs) that require reporting in specific children’s products. In addition to PFOS, the salts covered in the new Chapter 890 are: Potassium perfluorooctane sulfonate Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate Ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate