SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is delighted to announce a complimentary webinar, ‘China Market Update: 2021 Market Supervision Recall Overview’ on February 23, 2022. This event will be of interest to regulatory compliance professionals of textile businesses selling to China. Quality supervision systems in China are becoming more exacting as demand […]

Japan amends Textile Product Quality Labeling Regulations to replace the designated term ‘acrylic’ with ‘modacrylic’. The amendment refers to the generic name for polyacrylonitrile synthetic fibers that are used in textile product labeling. This change follows a revision to Japanese Industrial Standards JIS L0204-2 “Textile Term (Raw Material Division) – Part 2: Chemical Fiber” in

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published an article looking at the drivers impacting the use of recycled fibers in the clothing and textile industry. The 2025 Recycled Polyester Challenge is encouraging manufacturers to use 80-100% recycled polyester (rPET). Textile fibers have traditionally been difficult to recycle, with an estimated 92

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding footwear and footwear component manufacturers that ISO has updated its test method for determining polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in footwear materials. ISO 16190 defines a test method that requires a sample to be extracted using toluene in an ultrasonic bath. An aliquot is then