SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a summary of updates for two Chinese national standards regulating the physical and chemical performance of garments. GB/T 21294-2024 on the Testing methods of physical and chemical performance of garments and GB/T 21295-2024 on the Requirements of physical and chemical performance of garments were […]
SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is delighted to announce a complimentary webinar, ‘Is Your Business Ready for the EU’s Revised Toy Standards?’, which takes place on September 26, 2024. The EU introduced Standardization Requests to define work programs for setting topics and requests for standards revision. Discussions on toy standards were
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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 highlighted the USA’s proposed ban of 1-Bromopropane in most consumer uses. 1-Bromopropane is used widely in consumer cleaning and degreasing products as well as automotive care products and insulation. Exposure to the chemical has been found to cause serious health effects from cancer to liver,
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has provided details of Switzerland’s revision of its national Chemical Ordinance (ChemO, RS/SR 813.11). ChemO regulates dangerous substances and preparations (mixtures). Requirements stipulated under ChemO include the following:– Classification, labeling and packaging (CLP) of substances and mixtures– Safety data sheets (SDS)– Use of substances of very
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a summary of New Hampshire, USA’s new regulation for the control of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across a wide range of consumer goods. HB 1649 (Chapter 349, the Act), was signed by the governor of New Hampshire and provides classification and definition for
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has provided details of Ukraine’s announcement on its new chemical regulations law. Published on July 26, 2024, Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers’ Resolution No. 847/2024, ‘On approval of the Technical Regulation on the Safety of Chemical Products’ is modeled on the EU’s Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006, ‘Registration,
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published an overview of the new Chinese national standard for pet products, GB/T 43839. GBT 43839-2024 Technical Requirements for Safety of Companion Animal (Pet) Products is the first recommended national standard to help ensure a reasonable degree of safety for both humans and pets during
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a summary of the US EPA’s guidance on requirements and responsibilities under the methylene chloride rule, which was published on July 11, 2024. The guidance document provides a detailed overview of usage categories for the solvent methylene chloride and comes in the wake of
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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 117.24 to provide toy manufacturers and suppliers with an overview of Montenegro’s further alignment of its toy safety requirements with European Union (EU) legislation. Montenegro originally published its Rulebook on Toy Safety (OGM No.4/2015) in 2015. This effectively adopted EU Directive 2009/48/EC, the
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