Baar (March 10, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 035.26, summarizing the UK’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT) Notice of Publication 0131/26. This updates the list of designated toy safety standards for presumption of conformity with the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1881) in relation to
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Baar (February 24, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 028.26. This summarizes revisions to EN 71-1 in response to the EU’s Standardisation Request setting the agreed work program for toy safety standards between the European Commission and the European Committee for Published in January 2026, EN 71‑1:2026
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Baar (February 24, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 027.26, focusing on the publication of European standard EN71-8:2026. This revision of EN71-8 has been driven by the EU’s Standardisation Request, which sets the agreed work program for toy safety standards between the European Commission and the European
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Baar (February 11, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 014.26, focusing on the EU’s announcement of Directive (EU) 2026/192, which amends the Toy Safety Directive (TSD) by permitting the use of cobalt in three specific applications. Cobalt and several of its salts are defined as carcinogenic, mutagenic
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Baar (February 2, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 010.26, outlining China’s publication of the updated GB/T 6675 Part 11 toy safety standard for at-home activity toys. This new standard, ‘Safety of toys – Part 11: Swings, slides and similar activity toys for indoor and outdoor family
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Baar (February 2, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 008.26, summarizing the European Committee for Standardization’s (CEN) latest version of the standard for substances and mixtures used in chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets. EN 71-5:2025 was issued in December 2025 and specifies the requirements and
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Baar (January 22, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 005.26, which focuses on the Southern Common Market’s (Mercado Común del Sur, Mercosur) December 2025 announcement of the Mercosur Technical Regulation on Silicones for the Manufacture of Materials, Packaging, Coating and Equipment Intended to Come into Contact with
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Baar (January 19, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 188.25 to inform stakeholders about the European Union’s update to its list of harmonized standards providing presumption of conformity with Directive 2009/48/EC, commonly referred to as the Toy Safety Directive (TSD). On December 16, 2025, the European Commission
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Baar (January 9, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 189.25 to inform stakeholders of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) final rule amending the federal toy safety regulation to add specific requirements for water bead toys and toys containing water beads. On December 12, 2025, the
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Baar (January 5, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is delighted to host a complimentary webinar, ‘Understanding the New EU Toy Safety Regulation’ on January 20, 2026. This webinar is designed for manufacturers, suppliers, quality assurance (QA) managers, retailers, designers, importers, online platforms and all stakeholders involved in toys intended
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