SGS Consumer Testing Services

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is going live this March with its new ‘Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database’, which can be found at www.saferproducts.gov.

The market for sportswear has never been more competitive. Clothing brands are increasingly making use of technology to innovate and develop sportswear with specialized functions.

SGS Consumer Testing Services in China sponsored a Overseas Labor Practices (OLP) workshop from the Footwear Factory Training Series, held between 4-5 November 2010.

On the SGS TÜV web site anyone interested in this field will find numerous training opportunities on Functional Safety in the most extensive and most in-depth training programme available on the market.

SGS- TÜV GmbH introduced its wide spectrum of electro mobility and functional safety services at the October 2010 eCarTec show in Munich, Germany.

With the ongoing boom in the Asian fashion markets, SGS is using its global textiles experts network and fashion knowledge base to assist brands wishing to expand into these new markets.

SGS attended the RITE Group conference in London on 6 October 2010. The conference offered SGS the possibility to access up-to-date information on sustainability issues in the textiles sector in order to be ready to inform its clients.

The market entry process for companies wishing to export electrical and electronics (E&E) products to Russia is unique. Companies wishing to export to the market must obtain a suitable certification, usually the GOST-R Certificate of Conformity.

For food producers, use of pharmacological products is essential in order to ensure that animal diseases are controlled. This constitutes part of the responsible care of animals and is also financially essential for food producers.

In the wake of new technological developments and with the goal of strengthening product safety, the EU introduced a new Cosmetics Product Regulation, EU Regulation 1223/2009.