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Consultation on Proposed Canadian Restriction on Benzophenone in Coating Products

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Baar (March 19, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 038.26, focusing on moves in Canada to increase regulatory control over benzophenone in paint, stain and coating products. Benzophenone is a potentially carcinogenic substance that has been linked to liver and kidney damage, as well as endocrine disruption.

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Toxic Substances Regulations Updated in Canada

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Baar (February 4, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 012.26, highlighting Canada’s publication of the Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations 2025, SOR/2025-270, which will officially replace the 2012 framework on June 30, 2026. Published in the Canada Gazette, Part II on December 31, 2025, SOR/2025-270 marks

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SGS Publishes Summary of Canada’s Amendment 18 to Energy Efficiency Regulations

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Geneva (June 9, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 071.25, covering the ‘Regulations Amending the Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2016 (Amendment 18): SOR/2025-110’ as published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 159, Number 8.  Amendment 18 introduces significant changes to the regulatory landscape for energy-using products in

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