(Press Release | 2022-01-21 16:27:22) SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, reminds businesses operating in New York State that the governor, Kathy Hochul, has recently signed into law new requirement [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-21 12:31:51) SGS expert details the differences between the existing safety standard for clothing storage units and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) briefing standard issued on July 14, 2021. [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-20 11:19:27) SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is informing stakeholders that the US state of New York has expanded regulatory measures covering flame retardants in [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-20 11:19:06) SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding stakeholders that Saudi Arabia has postponed the implementation of its restriction of hazardous substances [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-19 10:31:36) SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising toy manufacturers and suppliers that Ukraine has signalled its intention to further align its toys safety [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-19 10:31:31) SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding stakeholders that the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has added [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-18 13:35:39) SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding manufacturers that China’s Administration of Market Supervision and Standardization Administration has [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-18 13:35:35) SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification provider, is reminding bedding manufacturers that China has released a new national product standard – GB/T 22796-2021 – which [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-17 15:38:09) Multi award-winning design, refurbishment, and fit-out specialists DSP (Interiors) Ltd Derby have supported SureScreen Diagnostics’ recent expansion with the completion of fit-out projects at a [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-13 15:11:42) The Canadian province of Quebec has repealed its act requiring upholstered and stuffed articles to have a permit and label. The National Assembly of Quebec passed Bill 103 on December 9, 2021, [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-11 11:38:08) Germany implements measures to regulate printing inks and varnishes for food contact materials and articles (FCM). The German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) has issued its [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-11 11:38:03) SGS has published a summary with examples of the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposals to revise short form ‘clear and reasonable’ warnings under [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-11 11:37:59) European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) releases report showing the majority of the 5,730 products bought online and inspected as part of the REACH-EN-FORCE-8 project (REF-8 project) failed to conform to [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-11 11:37:51) The iconic Marble Hall on Nightingale Road in Derby is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a managed workspace with the arrival of a raft of new tenants. The former Rolls-Royce building, located [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-10 16:13:44) SGS informs manufacturers and suppliers of consumer products to US markets of Senate Bill S.3278 – ‘Reese’s law’ – which, if signed into law, aims to protect children and other consumers [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-10 12:33:00) The European Union (EU) has proposed new rules for food contact recycled plastics that, if adopted, will enter into force on July 20, 2022. The World Trade Organization (WTO) circulated the [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-07 10:09:55) New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law an act regulating lead content in electrical cord casings on seasonal and decorative lights, Signed on November 30, 2021, the Act – [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-05 14:41:01) The European Union (EU) has expanded its list of carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic (CMR) category 1B substances in Annex XVII of REACH. Published on December 14, 2021, Regulation (EU) [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2022-01-05 14:40:58) Hong Kong held a one-month consultation in December 2021 over its proposal to adopt new safety standards for toys and six categories of children’s product. Under the territory’s Toys and [ Read More ]

(Press Release | 2021-12-21 11:19:24) Switzerland announces further legislative alignment with European Union (EU) Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 ‘Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals’ (REACH). In [ Read More ]