In a significant move towards promoting sustainability, the European Union has introduced new legislation that significantly bolsters the EU Ecolabel’s credibility and impact. The legislation integrates the EU Ecolabel into multiple regulatory frameworks, ensuring its status as a trustworthy certification for environmental excellence. This initiative aims to simplify consumer decisions, foster market competition, and combat…
The right choice of personal protective equipment (PPE), which plays an important role in occupational safety and health issues today, plays a critical role in preventing occupational accidents. In many workplaces, a “one size fits all” approach is adopted to save costs. However, this approach jeopardizes occupational safety and negatively affects productivity. Hazards of Wrong…
Tracking and tracing data accurately throughout the supply chain can help manufacturers and consumers understand the sustainability of products and processes. The chemical process industries (CPI) are under increasing global pressure to operate sustainably at every level of the supply chain, from upstream petrochemical producers to downstream industrial and domestic chemical manufacturers. Customers, regulators, employees,…
The Regulation on Medical Laboratories, published by the Ministry of Health in the Official Gazette dated June 4, 2024, and numbered 32566, sets new procedures and principles for the regulation of medical laboratory services. Purpose and Scope of the Regulation: The regulation aims to establish procedures and principles for the planning, opening, classification, supervision, and…
PPE is still failing to meet the most basic legal safety and regulation criteria after a study showed 79% of items spot-checked did not meet standards. BSIF CEO Alan Murray said an investigation found just 21% of the 123 items spot-sourced between December 2022 and December 2023 passed – and others could be putting lives…
SafetyGate In May, the EU’s rapid alert system for non-food hazardous products was ordered to recall some products from the market due to safety issues identified in various personal protective equipment (PPE) products. Here are the products subject to the recall and the risks involved: EUROPE Product category Risk type Risk description Legal provisions (at…
The Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) market is valued at USD 58.64 billion in 2023 and is expected to reach USD 109.64 billion by 2032. This growth is driven by improving occupational safety regulations and increasing infrastructure investments in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East and Africa regions. While there are some barriers, such as raw material…
Emre METİN STRATEGY AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR The Role of Conformity Assessment in Enhancing Occupational Health and Safety through Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from the Perspective of the European Union Introduction Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is crucial for the safety and health of workers in various and often hazardous environments of modern workplaces. From heavy…
EU Commission Clarifies Market Placement Rules for PPE under B+C2 Conformity Assessment The European Commission has released a comprehensive guideline clarifying that personal protective equipment (PPE) in Category III following the B+C2 conformity assessment procedure must undergo the initial product check before being placed on the market. The guideline aligns with Regulation (EU) 2016/425 and…
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