SGS Consumer Testing Services

Sulphites and sulphate ingredients play an important role in the food industry, but as well as preventing spoilage; they have also been linked with food intolerance and allergies.

Visit SGS at SCS Formulate, the biggest meeting dedicated to personal care ingredients, on November 12-13, 2013 in Coventry, United Kingdom.

SGS is pleased to inform you that on September 19-22, 2013, the company will exhibit at Kind+Jugend trade show in Cologne, Germany in Hall 11.1 /Stand H-054.

On 12 July 2013 the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) proposed an action level for inorganic arsenic in apple juice (1) (2).

SGS has recently established a consumer testing laboratory in Casablanca, the largest garment manufacturing city in Morocco.

China has recently notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) on proposed amendments to two toy safety standards.

The RoHS Directive has recently been revised, Directive 2002/95/EC has been replaced by Directive 2011/65/EU, “RoHS II,” as of January 2, 2013.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), noting the fact that BPA has been abandoned by industry for the manufacture of containers designed to hold infant formula, has made a final rule amending food additive regulations to disallow the use of BPA.

SGS Tecnos S.A. in collaboration with SGS-TÜV Saar organizes in Barcelona an introductory course, during September 25th and 26th, to Functional Security Regulation ISO 26262, a core element to the development of electronic security in road vehicles.

The EU has recently amended the limits for soluble barium under the Toy Safety Directive (TSD) to be line with EN 71-3:2013. The new law takes effect on 20 July 2013.