SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding stakeholders that Maryland has become the latest US state to prohibit per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in several categories of consumer products. The state’s governor signed SB 273 into law on April 21, 2022. Among the provisions in the new law: PFAS prohibited from […]

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has published a new cost-effective qualitative method for detecting the presence of nickel in consumer products. The new test method is CEN/TR 12471:2022 – ‘Screening for the presence of nickel in articles which are inserted into

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that Switzerland has begun implementing new provisions in its Ordinance on the Reduction of Risks Associated with the use of Particularly Dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles (ORRChem). On March 10, 2022, Switzerland issued Official Collection 2022 162 to revise ORRChem and created further

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, provides an extended Verification of Conformity service for the Kingdom of Morocco in response to an updated list of products destined for the Kingdom which are subject to control abroad. In March 2022 Morocco’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIC) added clothing fabrics to its Verification

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding operators in California of a further proposed revision to the ‘clear and reasonable’ warning under California Proposition 65 (Prop 65). The California Office of Environment Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has announced a second 15-day modification over additional updates to its proposed amendments to the