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SGS hosts webinar on updated China GB 6675 toy safety standards

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Baar (November 3, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is hosting a webinar, ‘China Toy Safety: Understanding the New GB 6675 Standards,’ on November 24, 2026. China’s updated GB 6675 toy safety standards take effect in November 2026, introducing changes to physical, mechanical, flammability and chemical requirements, as well as

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SGS reports on UK authorization of cobalt for specified toy applications in Great Britain

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Baar (October 21, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 138.26, summarizing the UK’s authorization of the use of cobalt in three specified toy applications for Great Britain. The Toys (Safety) (Permitted Uses for Cobalt) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2026, issued in September 2026, add cobalt

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SGS SafeGuardS Highlights UK Proposal to Update Toy Safety Standards

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Baar (October 14, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 133.26 on a UK proposal to update designated toy safety standards that provide presumption of conformity with the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 in Great Britain. On September 23, 2026, the UK’s Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

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SGS highlights updated EU harmonized standards for Toy Safety Directive compliance

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Baar (October 7, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 128.26, highlighting the EU’s addition of three harmonized standards (HS) used to demonstrate compliance with the Toy Safety Directive (TSD), as well as the withdrawal of one existing standard. Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/2032 (the Decision) was published

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SGS publishes SafeGuardS on revised ISO toy element testing standard

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 123.26, highlighting the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)’s publication of ISO 8124-5:2026, ‘Safety of Toys – Part 5: Determination of total concentration of certain elements in toys’. This second edition of the standard updates the test methods used to determine the total concentration

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SGS Publishes SafeGuardS on Montenegro’s New Toy Safety Regulations

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Baar (September 10, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 119.26, reporting on new toy safety regulations published in Montenegro, bringing the nation into alignment with EU safety requirements. The Toy Safety Regulations, published on August 12, 2026, in the Official Gazette of Montenegro (OGM) as No. 120/2026

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SGS publishes SafeGuardS on proposed EU chemical safety rule for toys

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Baar (September 8, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 116.26, highlighting the EU’s draft directive revising its law on toy safety requirements. Announced by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on August 11, 2026, the draft directive would amend Directive 2009/48/EC, the so-called Toy Safety Directive (TSD). Key

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SGS Highlights Mandated Safety Standards for Toys and Other Consumer Goods in Bangladesh

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Baar (August 25, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 112.26, reporting on new regulatory requirements in Bangladesh affecting toys, plastic feeding bottles and other specified consumer products. Issued by Bangladesh’s Ministry of Industries on June 23, 2026, R.O. No 232-Act/2026 and R.O. No 233-Act/2026 introduce requirements for

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SGS Summarizes UK Proposal to Permit Cobalt in Certain Toy Applications in Great Britain

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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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SGS Summarizes Updates to Australian Aquatic Toys Safety Standard

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Baar (July 20, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 092.26, summarizing Australia’s update to its aquatic toys safety standard, which aligns warning statements with AS/NZS ISO 8124.1/ISO 8124-1. Published on June 25, 2026, by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the new Consumer Goods (Aquatic Toys)

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