Who is SGS Established in France 1878 Headquarters

Who is SGS Established in France 1878 Headquarters moved to Geneva during WW 1 Mid 20 th century diversified into inspection, testing and verification services across a variety of sectors including industrial, minerals, oil, gas and chemicals SGS South Africa was established in 1949 Since the 1960 s, Pre – Shipment Inspections have formed a major part of our activities in South Africa Governments & Institutions (GIS) Division PROTECT we help authorities ensure suppliers comply with quality, health, safety and environment regulations

What is Product Conformity Assessment (PCA) n PCA is a solution designed to ensure that products meet the specific requirements set by a regulatory authority in the importing country, normally represented by the country’s national standards body n SGS have PCA contracts with Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Kuwait, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda & Zanzibar to verify compliance of products in country of supply prior to shipment n These checks are normally done through product tests and/or reviews of existing test reports n Other critical checks are done during physical inspection, such as labels and marking requirements, shelf life information, consumer information / instructions, etc. 2

Product Conformity Assessment (PCA) n The typical conformity items being checked on products concern the overall safety (e. g. lead on toys), human health impact (e. g. heavy metals in food) and environmental effect (non-CFC goods) n Exporters have challenges to submit test reports which comply with the testing requirements / parameters of the importing country n Example, packaging (plastic materials and articles) intended for food contact requires overall migration testing, this is to ensure that no chemicals will migrate into the actual food in the bags n The scary part of one particular case is that the manufacturer (of plastic food packaging) did not know what a migration test was 3

Case Study – Electrical plugs KENYA n Appliances with cord must be supplied with plugs compliant to BS 1363 n Appliances with cord but with plugs not complying with BS 1363 can be provided with compliant to BS 1363 -5 “fused conversion plug” n Exceptions are made to appliances operating under current above 13 A n If above can not be comply with, then these appliances must be removed from the invoice and these goods cannot be shipped 4

Case Study – Shelf Life KENYA (all imports with a limited shelf life shall have more than seventy five percent (75%) shelf life for food items and 50% for non-food items from the date of expected landing in Kenya) 5

Case Study – Labelling KENYA v All labelling of packaging of imports shall include English and/or Swahili n At time of inspection the language on the label found be all in Chinese n Corrective action – wording must be translated and goods must be re-labelled. Re-inspection must be done prior to shipment to verify compliance 6

KZN Export Week 2017 n SGS 7