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EU Updates POP Recast Regulation Entry for PFOA and Related Compounds

Geneva (July 30, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 107.25, summarizing the EU’s changes to its Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Recast Regulation, regarding perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds. These chemicals are used for their fire- and water-resistant properties. However, due to their persistence in […]

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Massachusetts Finalizes Ban on Certain Flame Retardants in Consumer Products

Geneva (June 9, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 072.25, summarizing the recent final regulation issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under the law known as Chapter 261 of the Acts of 2020. This rule restricts the use of 11 specified flame retardants (FRs) in five categories

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German BfR Rubber Commodity Recommendations Revised

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 143.24 to provide stakeholders with more details of updated German recommendations for natural and synthetic rubber commodities. The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, BfR) issued three revised recommendations in September 2024. These were:– Recommendation XXI ‘Commodities based on natural

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