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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. To ensure that pharmacological agents are used safely and that they do not pose risk to consumers of animal products, SGS Food Safety Labs are able to provide producers with accredited food testing, allowing them to assure consumers that their food products satisfy statutory requirements.

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. To assist businesses in the cosmetics industry to be ready for compliance with the new regulation from July 11 2013, SGS offers comprehensive cosmetics testing services for quality control, performance and safety. SGS can also support certification, sustainability and export procedures related to the cosmetics industry.

Electronic Toys (E-toys) are proving ever more popular, and they are driving further growth in the toy market, despite the current economic climate. Nonetheless, consumers are scrutinising their purchasing decisions with greater care, and are paying particular attention to product quality and safety. To enable manufacturers to ensure that the products they bring to market meet consumers’ market high standards, SGS provides product testing via their state of the art toy testing labs.

On October 22, 2010, the SGS Group issued the first Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) label in China. The honorable recipient was the Zhangzidao Fishery Group for its ezo scallops. Zhangzidao is the largest company of bottom-cultured seafood in China.

With manufacturers ever more keen to maximise the appeal of their product packaging, SGS is able to provide you with advice to ensure that your packaging does not violate regulations guarding against deceptive packaging. By taking advantage of the assistance provided by SGS, manufacturers are able to ensure that they are able to package their products in a way that is both attractive and helpful for consumers making purchasing decisions, and that falls within regulatory bounds.