Market Surveillance Alert: Safety Gate Warnings and PPE
Product safety monitoring in the European Union market continues uninterrupted through the Safety Gate system (formerly known as RAPEX). This rapid alert system for non-food hazardous products within the EU enables national market surveillance authorities to share information and take coordinated action across borders. In July 2026, the EU issued numerous recall notices covering consumer,…
Eurachem Publishes 4th Edition of “Quality Guide in Analytical Chemistry” (2026)
Eurachem has published the 4th edition of “Guide to Quality in Analytical Chemistry: A Companion Guide to Accreditation” published its 4th edition on February 6, 2026. The new version is a comprehensive revision of the 2016 edition and has been reorganized to fully reflect the updates to ISO/IEC 17025:2017. This guide is intended to support…
PESCO-UP Issues New Policy Notes to Strengthen Textile Recycling
The PESCO-UP project, which aims to accelerate Europe’s circular textile transformation, is preparing two new policy briefs focusing on sustainability, traceability and data-driven recycling processes. The first policy brief reveals that the European textile sector still largely operates on a linear production model, with 73% of post-consumer textiles in the EU incinerated or sent to…
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