SGS Consumer Testing Services

Are you 100% sure that the juvenile products you design for, or sell on, the European market are free from hazardous chemicals?

Cords and drawstrings on children’s clothing pose the risk of accidental strangulation and entrapment. Several countries have already set safety requirements to minimize the risk of accident.

Regulations aim to improve safety, quality and competition in the Indonesian toy market. Demonstrate compliance to SNI standards and access this emerging market.

Commission Decision (EU) 2015/249 of February 10, 2015 extends Decision 2006/502 EC for a period of 12 months.

In order to promote energy conservation and protection the environment, China has recently announced measures to levy a consumption tax on specific batteries and paints. The enforcement date is 1 February 2015.

New EU food labeling rules came into force in December 2014, the culmination of a three-year transitional period.

SGS introduces the company’s testing laboratory for electro medical devices in Munich, Germany.

A new fourth edition of the EMC standard IEC 60601-1-2 was published in February 2014. SGS reviews the purpose and implications of the change.

In December 2014, the European Union announced Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No.1390/2014 amending the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No.37/2010 with regard to maximum residue levels (MRLs) for pharmacologically active substances.

On 4 December 2014, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) published the Regulation of New and Existing Chemical Substances Registration (Taiwan REACH).