SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 180.24 to provide an overview of Thailand’s intention to mandate TIS 998-2553 (2010) as the testing standard for plastic containers for drinking water. The World Trade Organization (WTO) announced the draft ministerial regulation on December 4, 2024. If adopted, it will apply to […]
SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 171.24, highlighting consultation on Indonesia’s draft food packaging law. The proposed law was announced by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in November 2024 and has been drafted by Indonesia’s Food and Drug Authority ((Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan (BPOM)). The proposals are intended
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 160.24 detailing the publication of a new rulebook on food contact regenerated cellulose film materials and articles in Montenegro. This became effective on October 19, 2024. Published by the country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Rulebook OMG No. 98/2024 transposes EU
SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 156.24, highlighting a proposed amendment by the US House of Representatives to Section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. H.R. 9864, cited as the ‘Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2024’, would prohibit the introduction of intentionally added
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is pleased to offer a free expert-led webinar on plans by the European Union (EU) to ban bisphenol A (BPA) and other bisphenols in food contact materials. The European Commission originally announced plans to ban BPA and other bisphenols in food contact materials in May 2023.
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 133/24, summarizing the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment’s (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, BfR) recommendations for five different types of food contact materials and articles. Immediately effective, the five revised recommendations are for food contact silicones, paper and board, and temperature resistant polymer coatings
SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a SafeGuardS on South Korea’s revision of its national standards and specifications for food contact materials and articles. The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued Notice No. 2024-29 on June 21, 2024, to partially revise ‘Standards and Specifications for Utensils,
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SGS publishes SafeGuardS detailing the WTO’s circulation of three Thai draft ministerial regulations announcing proposals to mandate standards for the regulation of certain food contact materials.
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SGS publishes SafeGuardS on the EU’s draft regulation on the use of BPA and other bisphenols and bisphenol derivatives in certain food contact materials and articles.
SGS publishes SafeGuardS detailing Georgia’s technical regulation on regenerated cellulose film materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.
