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Critical substances potentially present in footwear and footwear components An announcement was made by SASO on 14th July 2021, declaring that footwears need to have conformity with ISO/TR 16178 which states that Footwear-Critical substances potentially present in footwear and footwear components. This standard is ample for the remnant testing of harmful substances present in footwears […]

The Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) publishes adopted list of standards On April 22, 2022, SASO published a list of adopted international standards in the official gazette. SASO Standards Adoption & Update released April 22, 2022 A) Saudi Standards (new): First: Specifications of the Chemical and Petroleum Products Sector: S, no. Standard no.

SASO published new TR for paper and cardboard in Umm Al Qura newspaper no. 4895 on August 13,2021. The myriad of products under this regulation are: Carton paper Industrial paper Kraft paper Paper pulp Packaging paper Writing paper Sanitary paper Paperboard Printing paper Newspaper Eliminating out these products: Makeup wipes Food contact paper products Perfumed

SASO released a separate technical regulation for Leather Products (TR No. MA-179-21-09-03) in Umm Al Qura newspaper no. 4890 on 9th July 2021. It was segregated from technical regulation of Shoes and Leather (EM-177-20-07-02) Moreover, the name of technical regulation for Shoes and Leather was revised with technical regulation of Footwear and their Accessories with

Standards of the Chemical and Petroleum Products Sector – Adopted S.no. Standard Number Standard name 1 SASO ASTM D5845:2022 Standard Test Method for Determination of MTBE, ETBE, TAME, DIPE, Methanol, Ethanol, and tert-Butanol in Gasoline by Infrared Spectroscopy 2 SASO ASTM D6988:2022 Standard Guide for Determination of Thickness of Plastic Film Test Specimens 3 SASO

Objective To check manufacturing production process compliance in line with Type-3 assessment as per SASO technical regulation for regulated products