SGS Consumer Testing Services

Delivering global solutions requires ongoing investment and development of SGS’s laboratory and testing network. The company is pleased to announce the following additions and accreditations at Freiburg, Germany.

In March 2013, The Indonesian Ministry of Industry submitted the following document to the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade of the World Trade Organization.

Food allergies affect 220-250 million people worldwide according to the World Allergen Organization (WAO).

In April 2013, the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (ESO) informed the World Trade Organization (WTO) that they have adopted the mandatory standard ES 7562/2013 ‘Restriction on the use of phthalates and their derivatives in toys...

ASTM to Release New Standard Safety Specification for Adult Jewelry

Environmental Footprint: Steps to be followed for the development of a PEFCR and Reference Timing.

The US state of Maryland recently approved measures to limit tris-(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP) in certain childcare products. The new law takes effect on 1 October 2013.

In January 2013, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute published a new draft of the standard for EMC in common mobile phone chargers (EN 301 489-34), outlining changes to the radio frequency conducted and field immunity test levels.

In May 2013, SGS informed you that the new European Standard EN 71-4:2013 will eventually repeal the existing method EN 71-4:2009 when the new version is harmonized under the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC.

Food manufacturers and own label retailers must ensure that food dyes and colorants in products meet strict legal limits for their destination markets.