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On October 19, 2012, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced the launch of the GlobalRecalls portal.

Belgium recently approved measures to prohibit the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food contact materials and articles for young children. The new law takes effect on 1 January 2013.

Since RoHS2 is a CE Marking Directive, manufacturers need to provide technical documentation according to Decision 768/2008/EC Annex II Module A[1] to demonstrate RoHS compliance.

On October 4, 2012, the Turkey Ministry of Economy released a communication on their official gazette with guidelines aimed to regulate the procedures and principles concerning audit of conformity of certain consumer products for the presence.

William Lepercq, Senior Ecodesign Consultant at SGS France, will speak at the European edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit in Paris, taking place from November 21 to 23, 2012.

: On September 26, 2012, the European Commission published a new Commission Delegated Regulation (874/2012) concerning lamps and luminaires supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU.

SGS were invited to speak in Hong Kong during October 3-5, 2012 at the Interstoff Asia Essential Autumn Fair and the Textile Exchange Sustainable Textiles Conference.

SGS is testing and certification partner for the ‘SafeBatt’ project funded by the Federal Government in Germany.

On 19 October 2012, the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) announced that the updated food facility registration system would become available at 12:01 am. Monday Morning, October 22, 2012.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued revised “Green Guides” to help companies understand the requirements for environmental claims associated with their products and to ensure that the claims are true and do not mislead the consumer.