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From February 18, 2027, two big changes hit products sold in the EU with batteries. First, most products with a built-in portable battery must let the end user remove and replace that battery themselves. Second, every battery must carry a QR code linking to its key information, its EU declaration of conformity and how to dispose of it. That's less than four months away, and for many products it means a design change, not a paperwork update. Both rules come from the EU Battery

If your product has a radio in it (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular) or otherwise needs FCC certification, there's a good chance it was tested in a lab in China. That's about to change. On October 29, 2026, the FCC votes on an order that would stop recognizing test labs and certification bodies in mainland China starting December 1, 2028. Labs in China tested about 82% of the devices that applied for FCC authorization in 2025, so this is one of the biggest shifts to US market acces

If you sell a physical product, your packaging is part of your compliance story — and in 2026 it's changing faster than at any time in the last 30 years. The EU's new packaging regulation is now in force, California's restrictions on the recycling symbol are taking effect, and the familiar Green Dot is on its way out. In this article, we'll walk through all three: what each one requires, the key dates, and what you should be doing now so your packaging doesn't become the reas

Let's say you have a product that requires a product safety evaluation & approval, and you have gotten the product certified - congrats! Are you done? Not exactly... If your product has a safety approval for North America (often called an "NRTL approval" - i.e. cULus, cETLus, etc.) then there are requirements for ongoing safety testing on the production line. In this article, we'll review what those tests are, and what will be checked during factory inspections. If you want t

Have you ever submitted a product for safety or EMC testing, only to get the call or email that your product failed? In this article, we'll cover some helpful tools to avoid failing product compliance at the lab and gain confidence in what is often called "Pre-compliance testing" so that you can feel confident when submitted to the lab for testing. Here are the main areas that will help avoid failures when submitting a product for compliance testing: Compliance Plan Markings