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Europe updates safety standard for migration of certain elements from toys

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 181.24 to keep stakeholders up to date with recent changes to toy safety standards in Europe. The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) published EN 71-3:2019+A2:2024 on December 4, 2024. Superseding EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021, this is the new toy safety standard for the migration of […]

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Revision to EU CLP Regulation on Substances and Mixtures Now Effective

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a SafeGuardS on the European Union’s (EU) enforcement of new rules under the Classification, Labeling and Packaging of Chemicals (CLP) Regulation. Regulation (EU) 2024/2856 amends Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and is intended to strengthen chemical safety and information transparency in the light of globalization,

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SGS Highlights EU Regulation of PFHxA and PFHxA-related Substances Under REACH

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published highlights of Regulation (EU) 2024/2462 concerning the use of undecafluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), its salts and PFHxA-related substances. These chemicals are found in a wide variety of products, including firefighting foams, textile coatings, metal plating and polishing agents. To be implemented in phases from April

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