Baar (August 5, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 103.26, highlighting Thailand’s decision to postpone the enforcement date for a mandatory standard covering food contact paper products. In December 2025, Thailand introduced two mandatory national standards for different categories of food contact paper products. The first standard,
Baar (August 5, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is pleased to host a complimentary webinar, ‘Driving Decarbonization and ESG Performance in Softlines Supply Chains Through Life Cycle Assessment and Product Environmental Footprint,’ on August 26, 2026. As an industry known for its resource-intensive nature, the textile and footwear sector
Baar (August 4, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 102.26, noting updates to Harmonized System (HS) codes and product descriptions for toys and other consumer goods in Türkiye. Three communiqués were issued on July 11, 2026, by the Turkish Ministry of Trade. These amend import control requirements
Baar (August 4, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 101.26, summarizing revised guidance for reporting children’s products containing chemicals of high concern to children (CHCCs) issued in the US state of Vermont. Published in June 2026 by the state’s Department of Health (DOH), the Chemical Disclosure Guidance
Baar (August 3, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 100.26, reporting on the UK’s plans to add nine entries to the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) for authorization under UK REACH. A six-week consultation on the inclusion of the following SVHCs and SVHC
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Baar (August 3, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 099.26, reporting on the revision of Switzerland’s legislation governing food contact materials (FCMs) and articles. RO 2026 374 amends the Ordinance of the Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) on Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact
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Baar (July 31, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 098.26, focusing on new legislation in Indonesia that establishes compliance requirements for several types of food contact materials (FCMs) and articles. Regulation No.11 of 2026 concerning food packaging (the Regulation) was issued in June 2026 by Indonesia’s Food
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Baar (July 30, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 097.26, highlighting multiple California Proposition (Prop 65) settlements reached involving a range of consumer goods containing listed chemicals. Passed overwhelmingly by California residents in November 1986, the state’s Prop 65 is the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement
Baar (July 30, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is delighted to announce that its team in Helsinki, SGS Fimko Oy, has been designated as a Notified Body (NB) under the EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542. This designation enables SGS to deliver conformity assessment services for batteries and accumulators in
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Baar (July 28, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 094.26, highlighting draft legislation notified by the United Kingdom to the World Trade Organization (WTO) that would allow the use of cobalt in certain toy applications in Great Britain. Cobalt is commonly found in pigments, colorants, metal and
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