Geneva (October 16, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a Consumer Compact article examining the impact of the EU ban on bisphenols in food contact materials (FCM). From can coatings to chocolate molds, bisphenols are used in a wide variety of food contact materials. On January 20, 2025, […]
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Geneva (October 9, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 144.25 to inform stakeholders that the European Union intends to restrict 2,4-Dinitrotoluene (2,4-DNT) in articles under Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 ‘Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals’ (REACH). 2,4-DNT is used in a variety of
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Geneva (September 26, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, highlights India’s Cookware, Utensils and Cans for Foods and Beverages (Quality Control) Order, 2025, which updates standards and compliance deadlines for food contact products. The order revises several national standards, including IS 14756, IS 1660, IS 14407 and IS 18427, and
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Geneva (September 25, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has issued SafeGuardS 136.25 to inform stakeholders about Brazil’s public consultation on revisions to the country’s conformity assessment requirements for metal cookware. On August 21, 2025, Brazil’s National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO) released Public Consultation No. 25 of
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Geneva (September 19, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has issued SafeGuardS 135.25 to inform stakeholders of a new technical guide published by the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare (EDQM) regarding cork materials and articles intended for contact with food. The first edition of the guide,
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Geneva (September 19, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has issued SafeGuardS 133.25 to inform stakeholders of new legislation in Brazil governing regenerated cellulose films intended for food contact. On August 28, 2025, Brazil’s Ministry of Health/National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) issued two documents establishing sanitary requirements and authorized substances
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Geneva (September 19, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has issued SafeGuardS 132.25 to inform stakeholders of the latest developments in the use of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) in food contact materials (FCM) in India. In March 2025, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) introduced legislation permitting
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Geneva (September 3, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 124.25, reporting on Bangladesh’s proposed draft law on food contact materials (FCM) and articles, which has been reported to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The proposal from the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) revising the requirements for FCMs
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Geneva (September 3, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 123.25, reporting on two mandates for two standards for food contact plastic bags in Thailand. The country consulted over the use of TIS 1207-25XX (20XX) ‘Plastic bags for food’ and TIS 3022-25XX (20XX) ‘Microwavable food plastic bag for
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Geneva (August 26, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 120.25, reporting on a new Order regulating rubber food contact materials (FCM)/articles and pacifiers for young children in France. A notice revising the list of substances in Annex VIII of the Order of August 5, 2020, was issued
