Webinars: Keep Up To Date With Toy & Juvenile Product Regulations

Join one of SGS’s complimentary webinars to help manufacturers stay compliant with regulatory changes affecting toys and juvenile products, between now and the end of the year. These online seminars will give participants a better understanding of, and insights into, market trends.

Chemicals Safety for Toys Entering the EU Market
November 15, 2016
This webinar will bring you the latest regulatory news on chemicals and their regulation as applicable to toys for the European market. This will include the latest information on legislation affecting BPA, lead, NPEOs, phenol, phthalates, SVHCs and other chemicals of high concern across a wide range of toy products, including food contact toys, plastic toys, plush toys, and electric toys.

Presenter, HingWo Tsang, Global Hardlines Information and Innovation Manager, has more than 13 years experience in restricted substances and chemical safety in consumer products.
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ASTM F963-16 Revisions: What You Need to Know About Updates to the Toy Safety Standard
November 16, 2016
William Baxter, Technical Manager, will look at changes to the Toy Safety Standard, coming into effect in 2017. These changes will affect a full-range of products and components, including Toy Chests, Batteries, Magnets, Projectiles, Heavy Metals, Expanding Materials and Microbiological Safety.
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Juvenile Products Industry: Requirements on Textiles in the Sleep Environment of Young Babies
This webinar will update participants on the work being carried out by the European standardization committees looking at the children’s sleeping environment. Catherine Follin-Arbelet, Global Expert, Juvenile products, will hold her seminar on December 1, 2016. Catherine has more than 20 years experience providing consultation safety and testing to consumer products retailers and manufacturers, with a special focus on the Juvenile Products Industries.
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EU Toy Compliance: Guidelines on the Development Process, from Design to Store Shelf
Sanda Stefanovic, Global Expert, Toys, has 25 years experience in toy safety. She is an active member of the EU toy standardization committee, CEN TC 52, and the EU Notified Bodies group. During this webinar, held on December 13, 2016, she will guide participants through a step-by-step guide to the development process, highlighting the requirements for the EU.
She will look at manufacturers obligations and responsibilities, as well as what needs to be done at each stage of the process to ensure access to the European market.
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Language
All webinars will be presented in English.

These webinars are designed to help manufacturers:
• Get up to speed on key market trends and insights
• Futureproof their businesses and manage risk throughout the supply chain
• Access key subject-matter experts, helping them understand legislative requirements, how they apply to their products, and potentially gain competitive advantage

Each webinar will focus on a different aspect of toy and juvenile product regulation and will be presented, in English, by a leading expert in the field.

Logistics
Once you have registered using your company’s email address and your application is approved, you will receive an email with instructions to join the web and audio sessions. Please note that the audio option by default, when you join the event, is audio broadcast, which means that you listen to the presentation through your computer. There is no need to dial in.

For further information, please contact:

Ms. Stephanie Meyer-Pionchon
Global Marketing Manager - Toys and Juvenile Products
E: cts.media@sgs.com
W: www.sgs.com/linkedinconsumer

About SGS
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