by James Hall | Oct 2, 2019 | Commercial Badging
Proposition 65 requires businesses to provide warnings to Californians about significant exposures to chemicals that cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. These chemicals can be in the products that Californians purchase, in their homes or...
by James Hall | Oct 2, 2019 | Commercial Badging
What is REACH Compliance? A REACH Certificate of Compliance is a document certifying that a product is compliant with the EU REACH regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. It can be a testing report or statement issued by a third-party testing organization. It could also be a...
by James Hall | Oct 2, 2019 | Commercial Badging
RoHS is an acronym for; Restriction on the use of certain Hazardous Substances. It’s actually a European directive. The idea is that a product can have only trace amounts (or no amount at all) of six poisonous substances: Cadmium (Cd)Mercury (Hg)Hexavalent...
by James Hall | Oct 2, 2019 | Commercial Badging
The “Recognized Component Mark” is a type of quality mark issued by Underwriters Laboratories (UL). It is placed on components which are intended to be part of a UL listed product, but which cannot bear the full UL logo themselves. The general public does...
by James Hall | Oct 2, 2019 | Commercial Badging
FDA compliant is a way of describing products and materials that are safe for direct contact with food. These materials are also sometimes called food contact substances (FCS). A Food Contact Substance is any material that comes into contact with or is used for...
by James Hall | Oct 2, 2019 | Commercial Badging
What Are Phthalates? Phthalates are a group of chemicals used in hundreds of products, such as children’s toys, vinyl flooring products and wall covering, detergents, lubricating oil, food packaging, pharmaceuticals, blood bags and plastic or rubber tubing, and...
by James Hall | Sep 27, 2019 | Commercial Badging
NSF Safe Logo NSF International is an American product testing, inspection, and certification organization based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The NSF letters stand for National Sanitation Foundation. Most people take the safety of their food, water, and consumer products...