SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a summary of updates for two Chinese national standards regulating the physical and chemical performance of garments. GB/T 21294-2024 on the Testing methods of physical and chemical performance of garments and GB/T 21295-2024 on the Requirements of physical and chemical performance of garments were […]
SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is delighted to announce a complimentary webinar, ‘Is Your Business Ready for the EU’s Revised Toy Standards?’, which takes place on September 26, 2024. The EU introduced Standardization Requests to define work programs for setting topics and requests for standards revision. Discussions on toy standards were
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 133/24, summarizing the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment’s (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, BfR) recommendations for five different types of food contact materials and articles. Immediately effective, the five revised recommendations are for food contact silicones, paper and board, and temperature resistant polymer coatings
SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has highlighted the USA’s proposed ban of 1-Bromopropane in most consumer uses. 1-Bromopropane is used widely in consumer cleaning and degreasing products as well as automotive care products and insulation. Exposure to the chemical has been found to cause serious health effects from cancer to liver,
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published an overview of the state of Utah’s updated regulatory requirements for slipper filling material labeling. Slippers containing filling materials in the top portion are exempt from the requirement to list the filling material in the bottom portion of the slipper. The exemption has been
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has provided details of Switzerland’s revision of its national Chemical Ordinance (ChemO, RS/SR 813.11). ChemO regulates dangerous substances and preparations (mixtures). Requirements stipulated under ChemO include the following:– Classification, labeling and packaging (CLP) of substances and mixtures– Safety data sheets (SDS)– Use of substances of very
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a summary of New Hampshire, USA’s new regulation for the control of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across a wide range of consumer goods. HB 1649 (Chapter 349, the Act), was signed by the governor of New Hampshire and provides classification and definition for
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has provided details of Ukraine’s announcement on its new chemical regulations law. Published on July 26, 2024, Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers’ Resolution No. 847/2024, ‘On approval of the Technical Regulation on the Safety of Chemical Products’ is modeled on the EU’s Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006, ‘Registration,
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has highlighted the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Healthcare (EDQM)’s 2024 2nd Edition of its technical guide for food contact metals and alloys. The revised second edition is effective immediately. Several important changes when compared with the 2013 1st Edition. The new edition:–
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published details of New Zealand’s consultation over the addition of methoxychlor, dechlorane plus and UV-328 to its list of regulated persistent organic pollutants (POP). This follows their listing by the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention’s Annexe A (elimination). Dechlorane is most commonly
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