On March 15, 2021, France’s Council of State suspended the enforcement date for the removal of the ‘Point Vert’, or ‘Green Dot’, from packaging and...
ASTM International has published a new safety specification standard for child safety locks and latches.Published on February 11, 2021, the new sta...
Health Canada has issued guidance to help operators understand how it introduce enforcement of SOR 2019-97, the new Corded Window Coverings Regula...
SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, is leading the way in the detection of chemicals in baby dia...
New York State has signed into law a prohibition on adding perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS substances) to some food packaging ...
The European Union (EU) has updated its list of standards for products in support of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD, Directive 2001/95...
The Norwegian Environment Agency has released a report into hazardous substances found in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), and sports an...
On December 2, 2020, the European Commission’s new restriction on the use of HEMA and Di-HEMA TMHDC in cosmetics products came into effect. This m...
The European Commission has published Regulation (EU) 2020/1684 of November 12, 2020, to allow Methoxypropylamino Cyclohexenylidene Ethoxyethylcya...
The UK government has published guidance to help manufacturers and importers placing electrical and electronic (EE) products onto the UK market af...
SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, has launched a bespoke new testing service to enable manufac...
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has published a new method for simulating wear and corrosion for the detection of nickel release ...
Taiwan has issued a revised list of colorants that are permitted for use in cosmetic products.
Released on September 29, 2020 by the Taiwan Food...
On September 30, 2020, the US state of California signed into law a right-to-know act that requires cosmetics manufacturers to disclose a specific...
Canada’s Competition Bureau is proposing changes to the Textile Labeling and Advertising Regulations (TLAR) that would simplify the labelling of u...
China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security released the Minimum Wage Standards for All Regions on April 26, 2020. The figures go up t...
The US state of Vermont’s Department of Health (DoH) has published guidance to help economic operators in the children’s product sector comply wit...
SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, has gained accreditation to provide energy efficiency produc...
On July 22, 2020, the French Government updated its Cross Ministries Note relating to ‘community masks’ to include specific requirements for face ...
SGS, the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, is hosting 14 webinars from October 19-23, 2020, in their Gl...
On June 22, 2020, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) to define the requirements for making ‘Mad...
Australia registered its new mandatory safety standard for toys containing magnets – Consumer Goods (Toys Containing Magnets) Safety Standard 2020...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has circulated two notifications signaling Mercosur’s intention to revise its technical regulations for food co...
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has released a Workshop Agreement, CWA 17553:2020, offering industry guidance for reusable fabric...
SGS, the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, will hold a free webinar on September 29, 2020, to discuss h...