SGS Consumer Testing Services

The Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade of the World Trade Organization has issued notification of a draft decree, published by the Indonesian Ministry of Industry.

In December, 2011, Inmetro, the Brazilian Regulatory Agency, accredited SGS Brazil as a product certification body for Toys Certification.

SGS will provide a training program according to ISO 26262 for functional safety in New Delhi, India. The course is spread over five days and takes place June 4-8, 2012.

When exporting products to Egypt it is necessary to comply with the country’s mandatory quality and safety standards.

In response to a request in January 2011 to continue applying existing national rules on toy safety that are stricter than the Toy Safety Directive, the European Commission has agreed to the retention of some, but not all, of the chemical limits.

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ has been a totally independent award organization since 1991.

In February 2012 ASTM International published ASTM F2097-12, a new voluntary consumer safety specification for infant sling carriers. This ASTM consensus safety standard is intended to minimize the hazards associated with infant slings.

The US CPSC granted a petitioned exception to the lead content limit of 100 ppm for specific aluminum die-cast components in ride-on pedal tractors for children on April 5, 2012.

The latest research data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that foodborne disease outbreaks linked to imported foods are on the rise.

For the very first time, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published details on March 5, 2012 about the practical use of candidate list Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) in consumer articles.