Explore Updates to Japan’s CPSA and Its Implications for Overseas Businesses

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Geneva (August 11, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is pleased to host a complimentary webinar, ‘Japan’s Consumer Product Safety Act: Key Updates and Implications for Global Companies’, on August 21, 2025. In 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) introduced important revisions to the Consumer Product Safety

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EU Reinforces RED Regulation Articles for Cybersecurity in Connected Devices

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Geneva (August 8, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 115.25, summarizing the European Union’s reinforcement of security requirements under the Radio Equipment Directive (RED) for connected devices. Articles 3.3 (d), (e) and (f) of RED will come into force on August 1, 2025, and apply to internet-connected

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Turkey Updates Labeling Rules for Animal-Derived Materials in Consumer Products

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Geneva (August 8, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 109.25 to keep stakeholders informed about recent changes to Turkey’s rules for labeling consumer products containing animal-derived materials. The Turkish Ministry of Trade published Official Gazette No. 32865 on April 9, 2025, updating labeling requirements for consumer products

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EFBE and SGS unite to set new standards in bicycle and e-bike compliance

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Geneva (August 6, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is pleased to announce that EFBE Prüftechnik GmbH and EFBE Co., Ltd. (collectively EFBE) have joined the SGS family. This move expands SGS’s global capabilities in the bicycle and e-bike sector. Based in Waltrop, Germany, with a subsidiary in Taichung, Taiwan,

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PFAS Reporting Deadline for Consumer Goods Extended in Minnesota, USA

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Geneva (August 6, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 113.25, detailing the six-month delay to the reporting delay for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in products for the US state of Minnesota. PFAS, often referred to as ‘forever chemicals’, are being increasingly restricted due to their toxic

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Food Contact Materials Law Updated in The Netherlands

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Geneva (August 5, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 111.25, which details changes to the Netherlands’ Commodities Act (Regulation on Packaging and Consumer Products) regarding food contact materials and articles. The Regulation of the State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport of June 12, 2025, reference number

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SGS hosts webinar on compliance with Uganda’s PVoC program

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Geneva (July 31, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is pleased to host a complimentary webinar, “Uganda PVoC Program Awareness 2025 – Ensuring Compliance of Your Products to the Program Requirements,” on August 12, 2025. The Uganda PVoC program, implemented by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), plays a

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UV-328 Regulated By the EU Under POP Recast Regulation

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Geneva (July 31, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 108.25, reporting on the EU’s listing of UV-328 as a revision to Regulation 2019/1021 on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Recast Regulation. Recognized as toxic chemicals, POPs resist degradation and accumulate in the environment, posing significant risks to human

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EU Updates POP Recast Regulation Entry for PFOA and Related Compounds

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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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