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In November 2013, SGS informed you of the new sunglasses standard EN ISO 12312-1 (1) that would replace the existing EN 1836 standard.

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has recently published the new toy safety standard EN 71-13:2014 for olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games.

A new update of the regulation on food contact materials for the Dutch market has been notified to the European Commission by the Dutch authorities.

The US Congress has recently introduced a bill to amend the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The bill proposes to expand the restriction of phthalates from toys and childcare articles to children’s products.

Three European Standards Approved and Published for the Safety of Internal Blinds and Protection from Strangulation Hazards.

On 26 March 2014, the EU published a regulation in its Official Journal to expand the restriction of chromium (VI) to articles containing leather parts under REACH Annex XVII. The new law will take effect on 1 May 2015.

ANSI/UL 1678:2012, an updated UL safety standard for household, commercial, and institutional-use carts, stands and entertainment centers for use with audio and/or video.

Since the adoption of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Official’s in 1999, corruption prevention has become a key topic of concern for businesses of all size and scale worldwide.

SGS presents what electronics integrators need to know about using FCC pre-certified products.

SGS’ renewed participation as an exhibitor at MEDICA 2013 raised considerable interest from an industry that’s adopting electro-medical technologies at an ever-increasing pace.