Discover the range of services we offer to assure the quality, safety and usability of cook and tableware products, from bamboo plates and cooking pots, to colanders and saucepans.
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We test many products, here are just a few to discover. >
Microwave Cookware
Makes no difference if you're making a fresh soup or warming up last night's pizza, if it's for lunch or dinner, if you're using the microwave at home or at the office, we offer a wide range of testing, technical assistance, inspection and consultancy services:
- Product safety and performance testing, including but not limited to:
- Chemical safety under worst case conditions:
- Organoleptic properties
- Overall migration
- Specific migration
- Total content of substances
- Non-intentionally added substances (NIAS)
- Physical safety and performance:
- Sharp points/edges
- Workmanship
- Stability
- Physical dimensions
- Resistance to thermal distortion
- Functionality
- Dishwasher safety
- Stain resistance
- Microwave oven safety
- Freezer safety
- Leakage resistance
- Chemical safety under worst case conditions:
- Technical assistance – expert assistance, every step of the way
- Inspection and production control – product and packaging monitoring and quality control
- Target market label check
- Product Approval Mark ‘SGS Independently Checked’
Stoveware
Makes no difference if it's to make soup or to fry eggs, if you like sweet, salty or spicy, if you're cooking just for yourself or the entire family, we offer a wide range of testing, technical assistance, inspection and consultancy services:
- Product safety and performance testing, including:
- Chemical safety under worst case conditions
- Organoleptic properties
- Overall migration
- Specific migration
- Metal release
- Total content of substances
- Non-intentionally added substances (NIAS)
- Physical safety and performance:
- Sharp points/edges
- Workmanship
- Stability
- Flatness of bottom
- Physical dimensions
- Functionality
- Dishwasher safety
- Stain resistance
- Non-stick coating performance and durability
- Handle test
- Technical assistance – expert assistance, every step of the way
- Inspection and production control – product and packaging monitoring and quality control
- Target market label check
- Product Approval Mark ‘SGS Independently Checked’