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ISO PC 240 Product Recall Update
International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization
Annual Meeting and Training Symposium.
February 15-18, 2010. Normand Breton, P.Eng., General Manager, Product Safety
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Overview of Topics
• What is ISO doing• What are the links to any other relevant initiatives • Participating Countries• How can someone participate and where can
someone get more info • Timelines
• Questions
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ISO project committee (ISO/PC 240) is currently in process of developing an International Standard which targets providing a code of good practice for establishing, implementing and managing efficient, flexible and responsive consumer product recall programmes including corrective actions.
ISO/PC 240 committee resolved to harmonize efforts with other ISO committees developing standards for consumer product safety (ISO/PC 243), anti-counterfeiting (ISO/PC 246) and combating fraud (ISO/TC 247).
ISO PC 240
ISO PC 240
• The committee extended a call for interested parties wishing to participate (through the ISO member of their respective country).
• At present there is 13 countries who participate in ISO/PC 240, and an additional eight have observer status.
• The first meeting took place in May 2009, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and a second meeting was held in Seoul South Korea in November 2009.
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Participating Countries
• Argentina(IRAM)• Barbados National Standards Institution• Brazil (ABNT)• Canada (SCC)• Chile (INN)• Colombia (ICONTEC)• Egypt (EOS)• Italy (UNI)• Japan (JISC)• Korea, Republic of (KATS)• Romania(ASRO)• South Africa (SABS)
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Contact Information
Additional information can be found at: http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1227
Contact information:
Secretary:
Mrs. Ratna Devi Nadarajan
Department of Standards Malaysia [email protected]
Chairperson:
Dr. Kyungok Huh (Korea, Republic of)
ISO PC 240
• Publication target : November 2012 for the new standard (ISO 10393).
• Next meeting: joint PC 240 and PC 243 in
Geneva tentatively set for April 28th - April 30th,
2010
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Thank You