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Practical Advice for Hazardous Substances & Chemicals in Consumer Market Part II: US Market

We will introduce and share the practical advice of three major regulatory. We will also addressing the products having high risk under these three requirements in consumer market: 1) CA Prop 65 (BPA in sock will be included); 2) CPSIA Total Lead content and phthalates ; 3) TPCH (total heavy metal, phthalates and PFAS)

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China Product Labeling for Textile Product

This training covers the labeling requirements of textile products in China, including executed standard and safety category to be followed for the products, how to label fiber content, label size and care instruction, together with how and where to present these information on the products. Special requirements and examples would be shared in the training.

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US & EU Chemical Requirement Update for Garment

In this webinar, selected restricted substance and chemical legislation will be highlighted for garment. Moreover, recent recall cases will also be shared to provide some insight in chemical management of garment industry.

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Practical Advice for Hazardous Substances & Chemicals in Consumer Market Part I: EU Market

With the growth of consumer demands for product ingredients and awareness of hazardous chemicals within the product, selling products contain restricted substances not only averse to brands’ reputation, but also raise the hidden liabilities & risk. Thus, the regulatory requirements covering chemical transparency is also growing. How to avoid these pitfalls? Being a retailer, which substances and chemicals should avoid during the supply chain?

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French Anti-Waste Law - Triman Logo and Sorting Information on Textile Article

The French Anti-Waste Law for a Circular Economy n°2020-105 (also known as the AGEC law) was published in February 2020. The objective of this law is to improve reuse and recycling, and to reduce plastic consumption. This webinar is designed to give you a guide on these new regulatory requirements for clothing, household linen and footwear products, as well as household packaging and graphic paper.

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General Textile and Apparel Product Testing Overview for EU Market

This webinar aims to give all personnel involved in the product evaluation, specifications, and quality control of textiles products a basic understanding of common standard test methods for the EU market in the areas of performance test, colour fastness test and mechanical safety test, etc.

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Understanding Industrial Practices of Restricted Substances Testing (AFIRM/Oeko-Tex/AAFA)

AFIRM, Oeko Tex and AAFA are providing Restricted Substances List (RSL) with reference to the industrial best practice and regulatory requirement of common markets on softline products, those RSL are highly recognized amount the brands and testing industries. After this training, you will have a basic understanding of those industrial standards and our offering of related RS tests.

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Juvenile Products and Childcare Articles Regulatory Updates

The regulation and safety standard of juvenile products keep enhancing in order to make the products safer for the vulnerable users. There are new regulations, for example, 16 CFR 1241 Crib mattress. There are safety standard revisions, for example, ASTM F2670-22 Infant Bath Tubs. This webinar will provide you with the latest news and information

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General Textile and Apparel Product Testing Overview for EU Market

This webinar aims to give all personnel involved in the product evaluation, specifications, and quality control of textiles products a basic understanding of common standard test methods for the EU market in the areas of performance test, colour fastness test and mechanical safety test, etc.

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US & EU Food contact testing and regulation update
(Part II)

Food contact materials (FCM) can be constructed from a wide variety of materials including plastic, paper, metal, ceramic, wood , etc. Apart from plastic; other material like ceramic, metal, wood and paper are also common for FCM. For Part II seminar, we will provide the mandatory testing requirement for FCM of ceramic , metal, wood and paper in both EU and US market with examples for illustration. In addition, high risk item of recall case will be provided.

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Understanding the US Fiber Content and Care Labeling Requirements for Apparel

The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Customs Service Regulations require correct labeling of products. Incomplete or misleading labeling information may result in products being rejected at borders, or costly recalls that inevitably damage to a brand's image. Product labelling has become a serious business nowadays. This webinar is designed to help you taking out the unnecessary guesswork and to be clear about the US fiber content and care labeling requirements for apparel products.

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US & EU Food contact Testing and Regulation Update
(Part I)

Food contact materials (FCM) can be constructed from a wide variety of materials including plastic, paper, metal, ceramic, etc. Plastics is still one of the most common material for FCM and regulation is made to govern the food safety. During the Webinar, we will provide the mandatory testing requirement for FCM of plastics in both EU and US framework with the real examples as illustration. In addition, recent regulation updating and high risk item of recall case will be provided.

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General Textile and Apparel Product Testing Overview for US Market

Product Testing is one of the key success to assure product compliance with relevant regulatory requirements of importing countries, as well as consumers' confidence over the safety and quality on apparel and textile products. This webinar aims to give all personnel involved in the product evaluation, specifications, and quality control of textiles products a basic understanding of common standard test methods for the US market in the areas of performance test, colorfastness test and mechanical safety test, etc.

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US & EU Chemical Requirement
Update for Toys

Chemical safety of toys has long been a concern of the toy manufacturers. Regulation and Industry practice is to ensure that toys are safe with the measure to govern the hazardous chemicals. During this webinar, the recent toy regulation update and testing method of chemical requirement in EU and US markets will present for details. Also, we will address our solution to client and share some recent recall case as well.

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Latest Updates on California
Proposition 65

The California Position 65 (CA Prop 65) adopted by California voters in 1986 thru ballot initiative. It requires the Governor of California to publish a list of chemicals that are known to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. In this webinar, we will have an overview of the CA Prop 65 requirement and share the update of current settlement cases with the examples as well as the requirements and test parameters.

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Introduction of Functional Tests for Apparel and Textile Products

This webinar aims to give all personnel involved in the product evaluation, specifications, and quality control of textiles products a basic understanding of common performance test for assessing garment properties, such as windproof, breathability, wicking, water repellency, etc.

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Safe Toys - Recalls and Common Failures in Toys Update

In this webinar, we will have an update of the recalls and common failures in toys in US and EU countries. We hope to provide some examples of the common toy hazard through recall cases, and at the end, no matter as a manufacturer or parents, to avoid or to be alerted from these hazards as much as possible.

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Mandatory China Requirements for Infants' and Children’s Textile Products

This webinar aims to give all personnel involved in the product evaluation, specifications, and quality control of textiles products a basic understanding of infants and children textile product requirements for China market in the areas of chemical tests, colorfastness tests and mechanical safety tests, etc.

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Technical Improvement Measures for Common Failures in Textiles and Apparel

All producers wish their product to have good quality and pass the required testing requested by their clients, however, the fact is that not every product could get a pass. This webinar aims to give all personnel involved in the product evaluation, specifications, and quality control of textiles products the information about common failures in the testing for Textiles and Apparel, and also we will share some technical measures for improvement.

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Testing & Labeling Requirements of Footwear for US and EU Markets

Footwear testing and quality assurance a highly demanding to bring the product to market with high quality performance. This webinar is designed to provide you an outline to the basic testing requirement of performance test, colorfastness test, and mechanical safety test for footwear for US and European markets.

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Juvenile Products Regulatory Updates

The regulation and safety standard of juvenile products keep enhancing in order to make the products safer for the vulnerable users. There are new regulations, safety standard revisions, and proposed legislations, for example, Proposed Amendments to the Carriages and Strollers Regulations in Canada.

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US & EU Chemical Requirement
Update for Toys

Chemical safety of toys has long been a concern of the toy manufacturers. The reason is that toy manufacturing involve different raw materials and chemicals which may potential having the hazardous chemical like heavy metals, phthalates, PAH, formaldehyde, nitrosamine, etc.

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US & EU Chemical Requirement
Update for Garment

Consumer and manufacturers are now increasing the awareness about the chemical safety of garment items. This webinar selects restricted substance and chemical legislation will be highlighted for garment. Moreover, restricted substance testing details will also be provided as one of the essential element in chemical management of garment industry.

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Understanding US & Canada Flammability Requirements for General Textiles & Children’s Sleepwear

This webinar is designed to help you take out the unnecessary guesswork and to be clear about the US and Canada flammability requirements for apparel products.

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CPSC Age Determination Guidelines Update

Age determination is an important step in developing, marketing, and labeling consumer products for children. It is related to product safety and provides consumers with important and age grade guidance in selecting age-appropriate products for children.

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Understanding the EU Fiber Content & Care Labeling Requirements for Apparel

Fiber content label is required for textile products as per EU regulations. Besides on this, care label on the textile products is commonly expected by consumers, although there is no specific mandatory care labelling requirements in European Union (EU) or United Kingdom (UK).

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US & EU Food contact testing & its regulation update
(Part II)

Food contact materials (FCM) can be constructed from a wide variety of materials including plastic, paper, metal, ceramic, wood, etc. Apart from plastic; other material like ceramic, metal, wood and paper are also common for FCM.

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Entering IoT Generation: Guide to Transform into Smart Toy Manufacturer with High Returns

Toy industry has adopted high tech innovations that aid in the advancement of children through educational learning methods facilitated by smart toys. Learn the trend, quality and regulatory requirements for the advanced products in this workshop.

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Understanding Industrial Practices of Restricted Substances testing (AFIRM/Oeko-Tex/AAFA)

Restricted Substances are chemicals and other materials whose presence has been banned or otherwise restricted either by legislation or by brands in a particular manufacturing process. Typically, they must be absent from a finished product or present in limited concentrations.

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Brexit: Update on Toy Products

UK has been officially left EU, we would like to have a refreshment on this topic, to see what is the current status for toy products that to be placed in Great Britain or Northern Ireland, the updates in UKCA or UKNI mark, the designated toy standards and some future timeline.

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General Textile and Apparel Product Testing Overview for EU Market

Over the years, more and more countries have imposed more stringent regulations and requirements over imported textile and apparel. Product Testing is one of the key to assure product compliance with relevant regulatory requirements of importing countries, as well as consumers' confidence over the safety and quality of textile and apparel.

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General Textile and Apparel Product Testing Overview for EU Market

Over the years, more and more countries have imposed more stringent regulations and requirements over imported textile and apparel. Product Testing is one of the key to assure product compliance with relevant regulatory requirements of importing countries, as well as consumers' confidence over the safety and quality of textile and apparel.

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US & EU Food Contact Testing & Regulation Update (Part I)

Food contact materials (FCM) can be constructed from a wide variety of materials including plastic, paper, metal, ceramic, etc. Plastics is still one of the most common material for FCM and regulation is made to govern the food safety. The reasons is that plastic can having a variety of additives and these chemicals can migrate to food during actual usage.

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Introduction to Higg Index

This webinar will provide an overview of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition and the Higg Index, and then introducing what is Higg FEM, and the benefits of utilizing this tool to have a standardized measurement for environmental performance at each step along your supply chain, in order to improve environmental performance in the long run.

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