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TM he National Bureau of Standards' was established by an act of Congress on March 3, 1901. The

M Bureau's overall goal is to strengthen and advance the nation's science and technology and facilitate their effective application for public benefit. To this end, the Bureau conducts research and provides: (1) a

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voluntary standardization activities; provides scientific and technological advisory' services and assistance to Federal agencies; and provides the technical foundation for computer-related policies of the Federal Government. The Institute consists of the following centers:

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research around cross-country scientific themes such as nondestructive

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NBS Special Publication 714

Federal Government

Certification Programs for

Products and Services

Prepared for: Office of Product Standards Policy National Bureau of Standards

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Robert B. Toth, Editor R. B. Toth Associates

Issued April 1986

U.S. Department of Commerce

Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary National Bureau of Standards

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Foreword

This volume is the second of three listings of certification

programs in the United States. NBS Special Publication 703, published

in August 19 85, provided information on private sector programs; the

current work is devoted to Federal government programs; and a compilation of state programs is under way. These databases will combine

to furnish a comprehensive source of information to respond to the

needs of a vast and broad array of public and private sector organizations . Interest in product certification stems from any of a number

of economic, procurement, health and safety, equity, or other

considerations. Federal agencies, manufacturers, distributors,

state government officials, and others may find this directory to

be of value for identifying pertinent programs, the nature of the

certification activities, program requirements, standards used,

and other relevant information.

Dr. Stanley I. Warshaw, Director

Office of Product Standards Policy

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Acknowledgements

This directory could not have been compiled without the

contributions and cooperation of many key people responsible for

standardization and certification programs at Government

agencies. They deserve the thanks of those who worked on this

project and all who use the directory. Walter Leight, NBS Office

of Product Standards Policy, provided guidance and direction and

Maureen Breitenberg contributed her expertise and experience.

Norman V^. Lemley, U.S. Coast Guard, was most generous in

providing information on the Government's earliest certification

program.

Special thanks are due the staff of R. B. Toth Associates

who acquired and organized this volume for publication.

Robert B. Toth

Editor

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Abstract

This directory presents information on 61 U.S. Government

certification programs for products and services. Entries

describe the scope and nature of each certification program,

testing and inspection practices, standards used, methods of

identification and enforcement, reciprocal recognition or

acceptance of certification, and other relevant details.

This directory is part of an ongoing NBS effort to establish

and maintain a comprehensive database on standards, regulations,

certification programs and related information. This material

has been compiled to meet the needs of government, industry, and

the public for information on U.S. Government certification

programs in accordance with the requirements of the U.S. Trade

Agreements Act of 1979.

Key Words: approved products; certification; certifiers;

grading; inspection; listing; premarket evaluation;

qualification; qualified products; specifications;

standards; testing

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CONTENTS

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Foreword ill

Acknowledgements iv

Abstract v

Introduction 1

Alphabetic Listing of Government Departments and Agencies... 9

Index By Product or Service Certified 141

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Introduction

Classifying Certification Programs

The public has traditionally looked to government to provide

protection and prevent hazardous conditions. In many areas the U.S.

Federal Government accomplishes this through laws that establish

regulations and standards. In some instances, users need assurance

that products or services comply with the regulations or standards.

This need usually arises because only sophisticated or expensive

assessments - design analysis and/or testing - can provide each user

with the necessary level of assurance that a product or service will

not harm the user nor the public at large. The process of assessment,

then marking or listing the product or service so as to indicate

compliance, is generally termed certification.

Federal Government certification programs can be classified into

three general categories:

1. Certification of products or services which directly affect

the health or safety of the user or the public;

2. Programs to avoid extensive product testing to demonstrate

conformance at each procurement;

3. Programs to provide a uniform basis for trade by objective

evaluation of the quality and condition of products

Of the 61 Federal Government certification programs described in

this directory, many include elements of more than one category. As

listed on the following page, 19 can be classified as Category 2 or 3

programs; the remaining 42 Category 1 programs directly affect health

and safety.

Nearly all Category 1 certification programs are mandatory.

Affected products cannot be sold or used, except for carefully

restricted experimental purposes, until they have been judged safe.

In some cases, such as drugs and medical devices, products must not

only be harmless, but they must also be effective. Except for eggs and

tobacco. Category 3 programs are voluntary. Producers and distributors participate in these certification programs because their

products have wider customer acceptance or can command better prices

when marked "choice" or "Grade A".

Nearly all Category 2 programs are basically voluntary in that

producers or distributors can sell their products in the open market

without Government certification. However, if these products are to be

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Category 2 Certification Programs

Avoiding Repetitive Extensive Conformance Deroonstration

Department of Defense

- Qualified Products Lists

General Services Administration

- Qualified Products Lists

Rural Electrification Administration

- Approved Products Lists

Department of Commerce

- Measuring Instruments

- Input/Output Channel Interfaces

Environmental Protection Agency

- Automotive Aftermarket Parts

Department of Housing and Urban Development

- Building Products

Department of Transportation

- Breath Alcohol Testers

Department of the Treasury

- Electronic Fund Transfer Authentication Devices

Veterans Administration

- Self Propelled and Motorized Wheelchairs

Category 3 Certification Programs

Uniform Grading of Quality and Conditions

Department of Agriculture

- Eggs and Dairy Products

- Fresh and Processed Fruits and Vegetables

- Poultry and Meats

- Turpentine and Rosin

- Tobacco

Department of Commerce

- Processed Fish and Shellfish

bought by Government agencies or with funds provided or guaranteed by

the Government, certification is mandatory. The largest program of

this type is operated by the Department of Defense. Its Qualified

Products Lists (QPL's) are used throughout the world not only by U.S.

and foreign military agencies, but many commercial organizations such

as aircraft and electronic equipment manufacturers and their customers.

Of the more than 38,000 military specifications and standards, fewer

than 1300 (3.4%) require qualification testing and establishment of a

QPL.

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The Department of Defense has strict criteria for its QPL's. One

or more of the following must apply:

(a) Tests to determine compliance with the specification exceed

30 days (720 hours)

(b) Quality conformance inspection requires special equipment not

commonly available.

(c) The products are emergency life saving equipment or are

critical to life survival.

General Services Administration has a similar program, with 80 QPL's

(1.3%) among its 6000 Federal specifications/ standards, and product

descriptions

While the private sector often uses these QPL's merely as buyer's

guides, for a variety of reasons (including product liability) many

buyers will purchase products only from sources that have demonstrated

their military specification requirements and being listed on the

pertinent QPL. Small businesses have found this technique to be

particularly cost-effective to gain entry into a market.

Certification for Safety and Health

Category 1 certification programs are the most visible and

pervasive. With few exceptions, nearly every certification program in

this category has been mandated by Congress in reaction to major

disasters or to protect the public from unhealthy or hazardous

conditions that could not be controlled adequately by traditional

market factors. The oldest Federal certification program illustrates

the relationship between legislation and certification.

In the early nineteenth century steamboats were a major, easily

observed indicator of America's growing industrial and commercial

strength. However, boiler explosions were common occurrences and took

many lives. These disasters made a real impression on the public since

they occurred not on the high seas, or in remote areas, but on heavily

trafficked rivers and harbors, often near cities and towns. Harrowing

descriptions by spectators and survivors spread throughout the country.

Congress was reluctant to act because it would be "...adverse to fetter

or discourage the ingenuity and skill for which the artists of this

country are so distinguished...." In many circles, including Congress,

it was felt that the prudent businessman would see to it that his

equipment was properly designed and operated because of the tremendous

loss he would incur should there be an accident. Nevertheless, boiler

explosions continued at a disastrous rate. In 1832 alone, fourteen

percent of this country's steam vessels were destroyed by such

occurrences, and over one thousand people were killed. Between 1830

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and 1838, Presidents Jackson and Van Buren periodically requested

Congress to take action.

In the Spring of 1838 explosions on three steamboats killed more

than a thousand. That year Congress enacted legislation which required

periodic regulatory inspection and certification of ship boilers and

machinery. Subsequent legislation in 1852 and 1871 provided a system

of requirements including establishment of maximum permitted steam

pressure, instituting hydrostatic overpressure testing, and extending

inspection from boiler fabricators to also include boiler materials

suppliers. Certification was a basic element of this system.

While steamboat boiler explosions fell off markedly, boilers

continued to explode ashore with considerable frequency, but the

effects were usually confined to factory sites. The general public was

not affected directly as in the case of steamboats, so public clamor

for legislation was not raised until 1907, when a catastrophic boiler

explosion in a shoe factory in Brockton, Mass. led to legislation by

the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This was the first legal code for

steam boiler construction by a state and other states soon followed

suit. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers then undertook

development of its Boiler Code, which was first published in 1914.

This Code has since been adopted by most states, and in 1969 selected

sections were adopted by the Coast Guard for application on steamboats.

Self-certification by equipment manufacturers and government

certification either by a government agency or a designated third-party

inspection agency, are basic elements of boiler safety assurance on

land and sea.

The most comprehensive Federal certification program is unique in

that it was not established as a result of public clamor but at the

instigation of the industry that would be regulated. Immediately after

World War I, the nascent aircraft manufacturing industry recognized

that the public would more likely have sufficient confidence to fly

regularly if their airplanes had been tested and certified safe for

flying by the Federal Government. A certification program was proposed

by industry that included assessment and certification of the detailed

design; certification of the production process with special emphasis

on quality assurance; and an airworthiness certificate for each

aircraft, engine and propeller produced by the certified facility. The

first aircraft was certified in 1926. Interestingly, in these early

years, the Government delegated certification of airworthiness for

production aircraft to Underwriters Laboratories.

The rigorous testing and subsequent certification by the U.S.

Government resulted in a level of assurance and confidence which became

recognized throughout the world. This product certification program

contributed in no small measure to the sales of American aircraft. The

preeminent position earned by American aircraft manufacturers in the

world market continues to this day. Since those days, the aircraft

certi f i oat i - program has encompassed nearly every critical aspect of

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aviation. In addition to certification of aviation products, the

Federal Aviation Administration certifies pilots and mechanics, their

instructors, and their schools, the airlines, airports, repair

facilities, and many other elements. This comprehensive approach has

been adopted by most countries that manufacture or operate aircraft.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is responsible for the

widest range of Federal certification programs. These programs also

probably have the largest actual or potential monetary impact. In

addition to certifying ships, recreational boats, and aircraft, the

Department of Transportation has certification programs for automobiles, all types of containers for shipping hazardous materials, as

well as pipelines.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) no doubt has responsibility for

protecting the greatest number of lives. Its certification programs

include not only foods and drugs for human consumption, but also those

for animals with special attention to those elements that affect the

food chain. Medical devices of all kinds require FDA certification.

Unlike the FAA, which implements its comprehensive certification

program on the basis of a single, all-inclusive law, FDA is reponsible

for enforcing a variety of individual programs defined by Congress in a

half dozen laws.

Interrelationships and International Developments

The specialized responsibilities of Federal agencies and the

mandates of Congress may confuse those who are not familiar with

Federal certification programs. An importer of television sets, for

example, requires not only Federal Communications Commission

certification, but FDA certification that viewers' eyes will not be

exposed to harmful radiation from the cathode ray tube. A wholesaler

of seafood products needs to be aware of grading programs of the

Department of Commerce's National Marine Fisheries Service, the special

requirements of FDA's Shellfish Sanitation Branch, and the general

requirements for sanitation, labelling and plant identification set by

FDA's Bureau of Foods. This directory is intended to assist in

identifying pertinent and related certification programs.

Most Federal certification programs have in the past been

established to meet domestic needs. Recently, however, the U.S. has

originated certification programs in response to international

initiatives. International organizations established by treaties to

which the United States is signatory set product standards and

regulations to alleviate specific problems, usually affecting safety or

health, encountered in international trade. Certification is a common

technique to assure compliance. The establishment of a U.S. Government

certification program enables U.S. companies to comply and continue to

engage in international trade.

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hs a result of the International Convention for Safe Containers,

the U.S. Coast Guard has been designated this nation's Certifying

Authority. A certification program has been established complying with

requirements of the Convention for design approval, testing and

certification, including affixing a safety approval plate to each

container. Without this plate, a container cannot be entered into

international traffic. If the container is refrigerated, or if it is a

refrigerated trailer, another certification program applies. The

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe has set requirements for

transporting perishable food which include design approval, testing,

inspection and certification. To enable U.S. exporters to continue to

use U.S. -made refrigerated containers and vehicles, the Department of

Agriculture's Office of Transportation has been designated the U.S.

certifying authority and has established a certification program in

accordance with United Nations criteria. The U.S. Department of Labor

certifies maritime cargo handling equipment as complying with the

International Labor Organization Convention for cranes, derricks, wire

rope and other equipment used to load and unload ships. Standards and

certification requirements set by the United Nations for packing

hazardous materials resulted in the of Department of Transportation's

Materials Transportation Bureau being designated the "National

Competent Authority" to evaluate and issue approval and conformance

certificates for a wide variety of tanks and other types of packaging.

Few (if any) new Federal Certification programs are expected in

the foreseeable future except those mandated by international

requirements. In these cases, the Federal Government probably will

participate only at the urging of industrial sectors which would be

adversely affected if the certification process were not available to

them.

Certification and the National Bureau of Standards

The U.S. Trade Agreements Act of 1979 implemented U.S. acceptance

of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (also known as the

"Standards Code") of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

The Act assigned to the Department of Commerce responsibility to

maintain an information center for standards and standards-related

subjects, such as certification. The National Bureau of Standards

Office of Product Standards Policy carries out this departmental

responsibility through its National Center for Standards and

Certification Information (NCSCI), which maintains a reference collection

consisting of data on 240,000 standards, specifications, and related

materials. NCSCI exchanges standards information with similar national

centers in other countries and responds to requests for information

from governmental and private sector organizations, as well as

individuals. Besides specifications and standards, NCSCI seeks,

maintains, and disseminates information on certification programs and

activities as they relate to the application and use of specifications

and standards.

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In the area of certification, the Office of Product Standards Policy

aims to improve the accessibility, understanding, and acceptability of

certification programs. Specific objectives include help for

interested parties in acquiring information on certification activities

and facilitating the acceptance of U.S. based certification data by

both domestic and foreign jurisdictions.

This directory is the result of one phase of the efforts initiated

by NBS's Office of Product Standards Policy to accomplish its

certification-related objectives. It is a companion volume to NBS SP

703 which lists private sector certification programs, and a third

volume on state programs, currently under development. It will aid in

recognizing the diversity and therefore the complexity of U.S.

certification activities, and will serve as a useful reference for

finding out about specific programs orperated by U.S. Government

agencies

Organization of the Directory

Sixty-one certification programs are arranged in alphabetic order

by department or agency name and, where there is more than one

certification program, in alphabetic order by name of the product or

service. The index provides the quickest route to identify responsible

agencies. Numerous synonyms and cross-references are provided. Each

entry includes a block of keywords. These synopsize the scope of each

certification program and, as such, assist the directory user to find

pertinent information. These keywords provide the capability for

simple computer search at some time in the future, and for that reason

are separated by semicolons - the convention that is utilized in most

search software.

Considerable effort was made to be comprehensive. More than 100

U.S. Government organizations were invited to provide information and

documentation relevant to their certification programs. Information

for the entries was voluntarily provided by the respondents. Other

Federal organizations concerned with certification activities that are

not included in this directory are invited to send pertinent

information to:

National Center for Standards and Certification

Information (NCSCI)

Office of Product Standards Policy

National Bureau of Standards

Administration Building, Room A629

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

U.S. Government agencies are also encouraged to keep NBS informed

of changes in name or address, or in the nature of their programs. In

addition to this directory, NCSCI maintains a publicly accessible

reference collection of current materials on U.S. Government

certification programs.

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other NCSCI Documents of Possible Interest

In addition to this directory, NCSCI has published three related

directories

- NBS SP 649 Directory of International and Regional

Organizations Conducting Standards-Related Activities / April, 1983,

- NBS SP 681 Standards Activities of Organizations in the United

States , August 1984, and

- NBS SP 703 Private Sector Product Certification Programs in the

United States , August, 1985.

A new microfiche revision of

- NBS SP 329 Index of U.S. Voluntary Engineering Standards , May, 1975

lists U.S. Voluntary Standards by key words in the titles.

NCSCI is also preparing a directory of State certification

programs. Further information on these publications and activities can

be obtained from NCSCI at the address listed above.

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ALPHABETIC LISTING OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

Products or

Services

Dairy Products

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Plarketing Service

Dairy Division, Room 2750-S

Washington, D.C. 20250

(202) 382-9382

1925

Voluntary

CFR Title 7 Part 58 and Agricultural

Marketing Act of 1946

Orderly trade in processed dairy products and

assurance of consistent quality of such

commodities

Identification of qualified producers.

Grading of selected dairy products.

Consistent nomenclature for buying and

selling processed dairy products.

Certifier and program administrator

Pre-marketing evaluation

Assessment prior to government purchase

Government agency provides testing,

inspection, audit, and site approval.

State governments cooperate in some phases.

Government labs

Government accredited labs

Government

State government

List of approved dairy plants.

Authorized grading marks are applied on products

for which grading standards are established.

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Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/Vendor

Enforcement

Terra

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes^

or Regulations

Keywords

List of approved dairy plants is

updated quarterly; available from above

address

.

Approved dairy plants must maintain

quality control.

Delisting

Product recall

Dairy plants are reinspected two to four times

per year.

Other Federal agencies

State agencies

Agency prepares all criteria documents

grading; dairy products; butter; cheese; food

quality;

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Products or

Services

Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, and

Related Products

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/Vendor

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Marketing Service

Fruits and Vegetables Division, Room 2056-S

Washington, D.C. 20250

(202) 447-5697

1917

Voluntary

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946

Orderly trade in fresh fruits and

vegetables based on standard nomenclature.

Common basis for settling market disputes

over quality of products.

Improve efficiency in buying and selling

produce based on official and standardized

grading which is consistent throughout the

nation. Inspection certificates are accepted

in court as prima facie evidence of produce

condition at the time of inspection.

Both certifier and program administrator

Voluntary premarketing evaluation

Voluntary post marketing assessment

Assessment prior to government purchase

Third party certification

Federal Government inspection

Inspection by State government inspectors

trained by the USDA

Certificate of Inspection

There are no lists of participating

producers.

Must have a financial interest in the

product. Pay assessed fee for service

rendered.

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Enforcement

Term

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Although nearly all aspects of this

program are voluntary, a full range of

enforcement options apply to shippers

who practice fraud.

Certification made on lot by lot basis.

Grading criteria are established by

Agricultural Marketing Service.

USDA grade marking is recognized

nation-wide and world-wide in both private

and public sectors.

Keywords grading; fruits; vegetable; nuts; food

guality

;

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Products or

Services

Meats, Prepared Meats, and Meat Products

(beef, lamb, veal, calf, and pork)

Department Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Methodology

Testing

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Marketing Service

Livestock Seed Division

Meat Grading and Certification Branch, Room 2638-S

Washington, DC 20250

(202) 382-1246

Telex: 89491

1946

Voluntary

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946

(as amended).

To facilitate the marketing of livestock and

meat.

In FY 1982, the Meat Grading and Certification

(MGC) Branch graded an estimated 11.9 billion

pounds of beef, 271.5 million pounds of lamb,

and 38.3 million pounds of veal and calf. This

represents approximately 53 percent of the

coramercial beef slaughter or two-thirds of the

steers and heifers slaughtered under Federal

inspection. These figures also represent 76

percent of the commercial lamb slaughter and 10

percent of the commercial veal and calf

slaughter. Additionally, the MGC Branch

certified approximately 2.0 billion pounds of

meat and meat products in FY 1982 for buyers

such as Department of Defense, Livestock

Industry Promotion Corporation, and the Federal

School Lunch Program.

The MGC Branch provides onsite certification

of meats and meat products by the physical « examination of product characteristics during

the production process prior to the purchase.

Inspection by MGC Branch personnel.

Reguired tests are performed in Government

laboratories.

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Inspection MGC Branch personnel

Conformity

Identification

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Approved U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

stamps and roller brands are applied in complianc

with applicable standards or specifications.

USDA certification is withheld from products

not complying with approved standards or specif icat ions

Continuous inspection on a voluntary basis

None

The agency develops and maintains its own

USDA approved standards and specifications

for the various meat items.

Keywords meat; meat products; grading;

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Products or Parts, Materials and Equipment for Rural

Services Electric and Telephone Systems

Department/Agency U.S. Department of Agriculture

Rural Electrification Administration (REA)

14th and Independence Avenue, NW.

Washington, DC 20250

(202) 382-9082, Electric

(202) 382-8663, Telephone

Initiated About 1938

Authority 7 CFR 1701

Aim To minimize capital requirements and

control the quality of materials and equipment incorporated into rural electric and

telephone systems. The evaluation and listing

of material and equipment insures the availability of suitable products at reasonable costs

and, toqether with REA standards for construction and installation, provides an

important element of loan security.

Benefits The standardization and product evaluation program yields many economies in the

construction, operation, and maintenance of

rural electric and telephone systems thus

assuring dependable service at affordable

rates

.

Agency Function

Type of Program

Certifier

Electric and telephone systems receiving

financing administered by REA shall use materials

and eguipment evaluated and listed by REA.

Methodology

Testing

Government design review and testing

Government lab

Manufacturers' labs

Conformity Approved manufacturers and suppliers for

Identification rural electric systems are included in

REA Bulletin 43-5, "List of Materials Acceptable for Use on Systems of REA Electrification Borrowers". The 1985 issue contains

over 185 categories of material and eguipment

from over 200 manufacturers.

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Availability of

Documentation

Approved manufacturers and suppliers for

rural telephone systems are listed in REA

Bulletin 344-2, "List of Materials Acceptable

for Use on Telephone Systems of REA Borrowers",

Bulletin 43-5 and 344-2 are available on a subscription basis from the Superintendent

of Documents, Government Printing Office,

Washington, DC 20402

Enforcement

Term

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Delisting

Indefinite; Bulletin 43-5 is published

yearly and supplements are issued guarterly.

Bulletin 344-2 is printed on a two-year basis

followed by eleven supplements.

REA prepares product standards which define

performance and design reguirements together

with acceptance criteria.

Keywords approved products lists; acceptable

materials; components; electric systems;

distribution; transmission; telephone; electronic; microwave; telecommunications; radiotelephone; central office eguipment; private

branch exchanges;

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Products or Poultry, Shell Eggs, Egg Products, and

Services Rabbits

Department/Agency U.S. Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Marketing Service

Poultry Division

Grading Branch, Room 3938-S

Washington, DC 20250

(202) 447-3271 Telex: 89-491

TWX; 710-822-9424 and 710-822-1104

Initiated 1917

Compliance Mandatory for all products cited if

service is rendered. However, grading

of poultry, shell eggs, and rabbits is

not mandatory and is provided only to

plants requesting the service.

Authority Laws:

Agricultural Marketing

Act of 1946 as amended (60 Stat.

1087-1091; U.S.C. 1621-1627)

Egg Products Inspection Act (84 Stat.

1620-1635? 21 U.S.C. 1031-1056)

Regulations:

Poultry and rabbit grading - Regulations

Governing the Voluntary Grading of Poultry

Products and Rabbit Products and U.S. Classes,

Standards, and Grades (7 CFR Part 70)

Voluntary egg products inspection - Regulations Governing the Voluntary

Inspection and Grading of Egg Products

(7 CFR Part 55)

Shell egg grading - Regulations Governing the Grading of Shell Eggs and United

States Standards, Grades, and Weight

Classes for Shell Eggs (7 CFR Part 56)

Mandatory egg products inspection - Regulations Governing the Inspection of

Eggs and Egg Products (7 CFR Part 59)

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Aim Voluntary:

To develop and improve standards of

quality, condition, quantity, grade, and

packaging, and recommend and demonstrate

such standards in order to encourage

uniformity and consistency in commercial

practices and enhance the orderly and

efficient marketing of poultry and

poultry products.

Mandatory:

To assure that the health and welfare of

consumers is protected by adoption of

measures for assuring that eggs and egg

products distributed to them and used in

products consumed by them are wholesome

and labeled properly.

Benefits Third party evaluation

Easier dispute settlement

More accurate market price reporting

More equitable competition

Fewer rejections at destination

Established buying guides (specifications ) Reduced illness

Upgraded product quality

Agency Function Certifier and regulator

Type of Program Pre-market evaluation

Post-market evaluation

Assessment prior to Government purchase

Specification development

Inspection

Grading

Methodology Government

Sampl ing

Organoleptic laboratory testing

Evaluation against standard

Inspection

Audits

Certification by third party certifiers

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Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Government laboratories

Approved State laboratories

Third party laboratories

Manufacturer's laboratories

Government

Approved State government agencies

Stamps (authorized marks)

Certificates

Labeling

Seals

Single copies of regulations may be

obtained from the Agency. Multiple

copies may be obtained from the

Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office.

Operate in sanitary manner

Maintain volume records

Comply with regulations

Perform reguired laboratory tests

Reimburse Government for cost of

voluntary inspections and gradings

Provide access to products

Provide access to eguipment and facilities necessary for accomplishing

official duties.

Product retention

Product recall

Withdrawal of service

Laboratory comparison samples

Removal/withhold official identification

Reinspect ion/regrading

Interruption of operations (mandatory

only

)

Judicial system

Continuous mandatory inspection

Continuous or intermittent voluntary

inspection

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Reciprocity Use of licensed State employees

Recognition of certification of ingredients by manufacturer

Recognition of certification by approved Government laboratory

Recognition of certification of

ingredients by other Government agencies

Recognition of inspection stamp of

"Agriculture Canada" for egg products

produced in specifically approved

Canadian plants

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

See "Authority"

Keywords contract acceptance; egg products;

grading; grading branch; poultry;

grading; grading branch; poultry;

rabbits; shell; eggs; USDA;

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Products

Services

or Processed Fruits and Vegetables

Department/Agency U.S. Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Marketing Service

Fruit and Vegetable Division

Processed Products Branch, Room 0709-S

Washington, D.C. 20250

(202) 447-4693

Initiated 1931

Compliance Voluntary except for products covered

by Federal or State marketing orders.

Authority CFR Title 7 Part 52 and Agricultural

Marketing Act of 1946

Aim Provide an objective evaluation of

guality and condition of various

processed food products and conditions

under which they are produced.

Benefits Provide a uniform basis for nation-wide

trade in processed fruits and vegetables.

As of 1984, over 300 plants participated

with more than 10.5 million tons of

commodities in 150 categories subject to

inspection.

Agency Function Certifier

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Pre-market ing evaluation

Post-marketing assessment

Assessment prior to Government procurement

Government, testing, inspection, audit,

site approval, compliance with good

manufacturing practices.

Government's lab

Manufacturer's lab used under view of

Government inspection

State labs if state is cooperating

in program

Third party labs may be used by

manufacturer for guality control

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Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentat ion

Obligations of

Manufacturer

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Inspection by Government personnel,

or cooperating State representatives.

Authorized grade and/or inspection

marks applied by manufacturer. Government applied mark is restricted to

officially sampled lots.

List of processing plants under

contract is published annually;

available from the above address.

Manufacturer must submit to plant

inspection and provision of samples at

reguest of agency.

Since bulk of program is voluntary,

means of enforcement is withdrawal of

labelling privilege or withdrawal of

service

When Marketing Orders are in effect,

agency sponsoring the order, has

authority for product recall or

marketing ban.

Term is set by contract; activity may

be renewed and/or may provide for

continuous inspection.

Certificates are recognized by other

Federal agencies for procurement.

Certificates of Sampling from States

are recognized by Agency under certain

cooperative agreements.

Most acceptance criteria are based on

reguirements or specifications

developed by Federal or State

agencies; however, sometimes buyer

specifications are used.

fruits; vegetables; processed foods;

in-plant Inspection; sanitation; good

manufacturing prachices; agricultural

marketing orders; food guality;

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Products or

Services

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentat ion

Refrigerated Vehicles

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Office of Transportation

1405 Auditor's Building

14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.

Washington, DC 20250

(202) 447-3963

Being established

Mandatory for manufacturers of refrigerated

containers intended to be used in Europe.

International Carriage of Foodstuffs Act of

1982.

The program is responsive to an international agreement on the transport of

perishable food which aims to promote public

health and consumer values by assuring that

transport equipment is initially capable of

performing in a safe and effective manner.

Technical requirements are based on transport refrigeration practices in countries

which have successful records in commercial

transport of perishable food.

Certifier

Pre-market evaluation

Government design approval, testing, inspection.

Government lab

Government accredited lab

Government

Lists of approved suppliers and certified

products

An internationally-recognized mark may be

instituted at some time in the future.

Lists available from Office of Transportation, the Department of Agriculture

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Obligations of

Manufacturer

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Subiect a sample container to specified tests

Del is ting

Indefinite

Recognition by foreign government agencies

and international organizations

(For the present, U.S. participation will be

limited to certification for U.S. exporters )

.

U.S Department of Agriculture adopts test

reguirements agreed to in the international

program sponsored by the United Nations Economic

Commission for Europe.

refrigerated trucks; refrigerated rail

cars; perishable foodstuffs; international

agreement; frozen food;

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Products or

Services

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Tobacco, and Naval Stores

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Marketing Service

Tobacco Division

Room 502 Annex Building

300 12th Street, SW.

Washington, DC 20250

(202) 447-2567

Tobacco - 1935

Naval Stores - 1923

Tobacco:

Mandatory only for domestic tobacco

sold on designated auction markets and

all imported tobacco, except cigar and

oriental, offered for importation into

the United States.

Naval Stores:

Voluntary

The Tobacco Inspection Act

The Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act

The Naval Stores Act

Protection of producers and others

against speculation, manipulation,

control and unreasonable price fluctuations.

Helps producers move commodities to

consumers guickly, fairly and efficiently.

Certifier and program administrator

Pre-market ing evaluation

Government grading in accordance with

U.S. Official Standard Grades and

Specifications

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Testing

Inspection

Naval Stores:

Government lab certifies results of

manufacturer's lab.

Tobacco:

Government

Naval Stores:

Licensed company inspectors

Federal accepted appointees

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/Vendor

Enforcement *

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Tobacco:

Government certificates

Naval Stores:

Government certificates and authorized

mark by manufacturer

Documentation is confidential.

Proper lighting and adequate space

Tobacco:

Reduction of sales opportunity or

withdrawal of inspection.

Naval Stores:

Withdrawal of inspection.

Continuous inspection

Recognition of certification by other

Federal agencies and international

organizations,

7 CFR Part 29, Subpart C - Standards

7 CFR Part 160, Regulations and

Standards for Naval Stores

American Society for Testing and

Materials, Designation D 233, Sampling

and Testing Turpentine

Keywords tobacco; naval stores; turpentine; rosin

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Products or

Services

Evaluation of Measuring Instruments

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

U.S. Department of Commerce

National Bureau of Standards (NBS)

Office of Weights and Measures

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

(301) 921-2401

1984

Voluntary

Resolution of the National Conference on

Weights and Measures (NCWM) and NBS

Organic Act (PL 81-619)

Provide an evaluation service for producers of specified kinds of measuring

instruments used in commercial trade

prior to acceptance for sale or use

within the U.S.

Provides a uniform means of recognizing

the measurement quality of specific

models of measuring instrument and the

ability of their producers to manufacture

instruments of consistent quality.

Certifier and program administrator

Pre-market evaluation

NBS provides design approval, testing,

inspection, auditing, and site approval

either directly or jointly with an authorized

laboratory.

Government approved laboratory

(Authorized laboratory indicated above is

most likely to be a certified State

measurement laboratory).

State government

Certificates of conformance issued to

manufacturer.

List of qualified manufacturers
Availability

of Documentation

List published by NBS.

Obligations of

Manufacturer/Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes

or Regulations

Keywords

Manufacturer must mark instruments

marketed under the Certificate of

Conformance exactly as specified and

provide installation, maintenance, and

operating instructions consistent with

the evaluation report.

Delisting. States may require Certificate of Conformance before allowing

device to be marketed in the State.

Certificate is valid as long as the type

and model of instrument is produced

consistent with the evaluation report.

Other Federal agencies and State agencies. This program is the U.S. basis for

recognition of approved measuring instruments within an international system

currently being established.

NBS prepares acceptance criteria, taking

advice from NCWM, device manufacturers

and participating laboratories and international organizations. The NCWM adopts

these criteria by consensus vote.

commercial measuring devices; measurement

instruments; state laboratories; legal

metrology; type evaluation; prototype;

production control;

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Products or

Services

Input/Output Channel Level Interfaces for

Information Processing Equipment

Department Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Methodology

Type of Program

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

U.S. Department of Commerce

National Bureau of Standards (NBS)

Institute for Computer Sciences and

Technology

System Components Division

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

(301) 921-3723

1979

Mandatory for applicable information processing

equipment to be purchased by Federal agencies.

Title 15, CFR Part 200

To verify the ability of information processing

equipment from one manufacturer to function

successfully with equipment of other manufacturers.

Federal agencies are able to purchase

information processing equipment that has the

necessary level of compatibility. This enables

systems to be assembled or expanded morereadily and with considerably less time for

troubleshooting. This program also enables all

suppliers to compete on an equitable basis.

Certifier and program administrator

NBS verification of compliance to specified

standards by review of documentation, or

demonstrated use with verified equipment.

Verification of compliance prior to consideration for purchase by Government.

Any testing is ordinarily accomplished by

the manufacturer to fulfill requirements of the

applicable standards or the NBS Verification

Checklist.

By purchasing agency

A verification certificate is issued for equipment having no significant deviations from the

applicable standard.

A Verification List of equipment conforming to

standards is published and maintained by NBS.

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Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

Regulations

Keywords

Verification List and Checklist, are available

from the agency. Applicable standards are

available through the National Technical

information Service, Springfield VA, 22161.

Suppliers desiring a verification review must

make a reguest to NBS , identify the make and

model, provide reguired documentation, and

reimburse the agency for costs incurred.

Delisting

Indef ini te

Some States have used the Verification List

in their procurement process.

Federal Information Processing Standards

Publications (PIPS PUBs ) 60-1, I/O Channel

Interface; 61 Channel level Power Control

Interfacel 62, Operational Specifications for

Magnetic Tape Subsystems; 63, Operational

Specifications for Rotating Mass Storage Subsystems .

I/O; ADP; data processing; verification;

computer systems;

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Products or

Services

Measurement Calibration Services

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

U.S. Department of Commerce

National Bureau of Standards (NBS)

Office of Weights and Measures

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

(301) 921-2401

1965

Voluntary

PL 81-619 (NBS Organic Act).

Provide certification of state measurement

laboratory capabilities to calibrate standards

and equipment for measuring mass, length,

volume, temperature, and frequency-based

devices.

Provides basis for consistent results in

calibration and tolerance testing among

States and between States and NBS.

Provides measurement equivalency in

regulation of interstate commerce.

Program administrator

A joint on-going activity between

Federal and State Governments to

evaluate, up-grade, and train measurement

technicians in official State weights and

measures laboratories.

Government inspection and site approval.

Installation and maintenance of measurement control programs. Program Requirements in NBS Handbook 143.

All delivery of services within this

program is performed by state laboratories accredited by a Federal agency.

Inspection Government

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Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

States receive certificates of accreditation and are identified in a list, NBS SP686.

Instruments and standards certified by State

laboratories may be identified by a governmentapplied mark.

NBS SP686 is available from NBS.

Obligations of

Manufacturer/Vendor

State laboratories are obligated to

participate in external control programs based on geographical regions

which include controlled sample testing,

round-robin experiments, and continuing

education for technicians.

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

NBS exercises influence over State

laboratories through provision of traceability to NBS standards, provision of

training and by sponsoring the Regional

Measurement Management Programs. State

programs may ban the use of uncalibrated

measurement eguipment in their regulatory

programs

.

Indefinite term. Certificates of accreditation are valid for up to 3 years.

NBS certification of a State laboratory

carries recognition within that State and

among the states and by private organizations.

Criteria documents are developed by NBS.

See NBS Handbook 143 available from NBS.

measurement instruments; mass; length;

state laboratories; volume; guality

control; temperature; freguency;

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Products or

Services

Processed Fish and Shellfish

Department /Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

U.S. Department of Commerce

National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration

National Marine Fisheries Service

National Seafood Inspection Program

Washington, DC 20235

(202) 634-7058

1958

Voluntary

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (as

amended) 50 CFR Parts 260-266

Increase consumer confidence in products

which bear inspection marks and grade shields

and provide technical services to the participating industry.

Established quality control for seafood

processing operations has improved the

wholesomeness of fishery products. The

guality and value of these products is communicated to consumers through the grading of

major types of seafood sold for human consumption. The program also helps processors

prepare processing specifications for nonstandard fishery products and provides

mechanisms for settling trade disputes.

Certifier and program administrator

Pre-market ing evaluation of both processing

plant and processed products. Entire program

is operated on a f ee-f or-service basis.

Government inspection of plant and product,

testing, and certification.

Testing in government labs, recognized state

labs, and accredited private labs.

Inspection by licensed government agents and

state agents operating with a license agreement

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Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or regulations

Keywords

Lists of approved suppliers and certified

products

Government applied mark

Lists of Sanitary Inspected Fish Establishments (SIFE) and seafood Packed Under Federal

Inspection (PUFI) or which participate in

grade marking. Lists of seafood products

covered by these services. Lists may be

obtained from:

U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA

National Marine Fisheries Service

National Seafood Inspection Laboratory

P.O. Drawer 1207

Pascagoula, MS 39567-0112

(601) 762-4591

Producers must comply with sanitary, guality

control, and inspection requirements in addition to providing office, laundry, and temporary lab space.

Del is ting

Indefinite term

Certification is recognized by:

other Federal and State agencies,

private organizations,

foreign government agencies (inspection

service available for both import and

export )

,

international organizations.

At present no reciprocity exists with similar

agencies in any other country.

Agency prepares all criteria documents including the Fishery Products Inspection Manual.

fish; fishery products; seafood; guality

standards; fish quality; seafood specifications; plant inspection; sanitation; SIFE;

PUFI;

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Products or

Services

Weather Observation

Department /Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

U.S. Department of Commerce

National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration

National Weather Service

Basic Observations Branch

8060 13th Street, NW.

Silver Spring, MD 20910

(301) 427-7792

May 1983

Mandatory

Organic Act of the National Weather Service,

15 use 311.

Codify the basis for training, examination,

and certification of human weather observers.

Benefits Assures consistent, minimum performance

expectations for manual weather observations

used for the preparation of forecasts and

warnings and the support of aviation operations.

Certifier and program administrator

Pre-performance assessment

Government testing, inspection, and audit

Government

Government

Government-issued certificates and master

list of validated observers

Master List is maintained at the FAA

Academy, Oklahoma City, OK.

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Obligations of

Manufacturer/Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Certificate holder is required to maintain experience and participate in

annual training.

Certificate suspension

Audit testing keyed to individual performance,

eyesight, and current experience.

Other Federal agencies

State agencies

Private organizations

Canadian government agencies

Agency prepares examination and

performance criteria and incorporates

related criteria prepared by DOD, FAA,

and Canadian Atmospheric Environmental

Service,

Keywords weather observation; eyesight examination;

vision standards; Snellen test;

laeger test; radar observation; aviation

weather; radiosonde observation; computer

data entry; self-study; personnel;

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Products or

Services

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations

of Manufacturer/

Vendor

Consumer Products

(personal use devices Intended for

household, school, or recreational use)

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Office of the General Counsel

1111 18th Street, NW.

Washington, DC 20207

(202) 492-6980

October 1972

Mandatory

Public Law 92-573 as amended by PL 94-284,

95-319, 95-631-, 96373, 97-35

Reduce the number of consumer products which

present unreasonable risks.

Specific products covered by CPSC Standards

are now certified by manufacturers to conform with legal requirements.

Program administrator

Post-marketing assessment

Manufacturer ' s self -cert if icat ion

Government audit

Manufacturer's lab

Third-party labs

Government

Government authorized mark or label by manufacturer or private brander

Lists of manufacturers or private branders

subject to certification rules or banning

orders can be obtained from CPSC.

Manufacturers, private branders, and distributors shall keep such records as the Commission directs to assist in the enforcement of

the Act, such as known non-conformance to

applicable standards or known defects which

could present an unreasonable risk of injury

whether or not covered by a standard.

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Enforcement Marketing ban

Product recall

Term Periodic retesting in a testing program

acceptable to the Commission is usually

reguired.

Reciprocity None

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Criteria for standards are cited in the Act;

agency itself prepares Consumer Product

Safety Standards; Commission recognizes the

use of voluntary standards to reduce risks

of injury.

consumer products; audit testing; mandatory

standards; product recall; banned products;

imminent hazard;

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Products or

Services

Fabrics Used in Wearing Apparel and Interior

Furnishings

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency/Funct ion

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Office of the General Counsel

1111 18th Street, NW.

Washington, DC 20207

(202) 492-6980

June 1953

Mandatory

Public Law 83-88 as amended

Reduce risk of fire and injury or death

related to fire, in or on fabric articles.

Compliance with applicable standards and

associated labelling have reduced the

covered risks.

Program administrator

Post-marketing assessment

Manufacturer ' s self-cert if icat ion

Government audit inspection/testing

Government labs

Government approved labs

Third-party labs

Manufacturers' labs

Government

State/local government

Third party

Authorized label by manufacturer

No list of certified suppliers or products

is prepared.

Manufacturer may comply with the Act by

guaranteeing conformance with applicable

standards based on test data.

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Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Product condemnation and destruction

Periodic audit test inq/inspection is

required to maintain certification.

Conformity is recognized by other Federal

agencies, State governments, and private

organizations.

Criteria for standards are cited in the Act;

Commission recognizes the use of voluntary

standards to accomplish the purpose of the

Act

.

fabrics; wearing apparel; interior furnishings; voluntary standards; f lammability

;

product testing;

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Products or

Services

Department /Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Hazardous Substances

(chemicals which are toxic, corrosive, flammable, irrating, radioactive or pressuregenerating, and devices including these

chemicals, or which may injure intended

users

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Office of the General Counsel

1111 18th Street, NW.

Washington, DC 20207

(202) 492-6980

July 1960

Mandatory

Public Law 86-613 as amended by the Poison

Prevention Packaging Act P.L. 91-601

Reduce risk of injury to all intended users

of designated substances and devices.

Informative labelling is now in effect and

selected products have been banned.

Program administrator

Pre-market evaluation

Government approval of labelling information

to be provided with designated hazardous substances

Manufacturers' labs

Government labs

Government

Authorized label by manufacturer

List of banned hazardous substances may be

obtained from CPSC.

Carriers must keep records of interstate

shipment of designated hazardous substances

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Enforcement Marketing ban

Product recall

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Indefinite term

Approved labelling is recognized by other

Federal agencies, State governments, and

private organizations.

Criteria for designating substances as

hazardous are prepared by CPSC.

hazardous substances; f lammability ; corrosive; toxicity; irritant; radioactivity;

banned products; misbranded substances;

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Products or

Services

Parts, Materials and Components Used

in Military Systems

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Methodology

Testing

U.S. Department of Defense

Director of Standardization

and Acquisition Support

The Pentagon, Room 2A-318

Washington, DC 20301

1949

Mandatory for those products defined by

specifications having qualification requirements. Equipment supplied to the Department

of Defense may not contain products from other

than qualified sources for those commodities

for which Qualified Products Lists (QPL's)

have been developed.

Federal Acquisition Regulations, General

Provisions, Part 9;

Defense Standardization Manual, DOD 4120, 3-M7

Defense Standardization Document SD-6.

Maintain a high level of quality for critical

products through pre-procurement evaluation

of prospective vendors.

The QPL Program normalizes the selection of

possible vendors in several hundred critical

technical commodities which are sufficiently

standardized to permit a stringent, common,

advance assessment of supplier capability.

At the end of 1984 1300 QPL's existed listing

more than 3000 manufacturers. Approximately

50 percent of these are U.S. small business

manufacturers

Program administrator

Pretesting prior to purchase by Government or

its contractors.

Any type of laboratory acceptable to DOD

sponsoring activity may be used; labs are not

formally accredited by DOD.

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I

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Periodic follow-up inspection. Plant visits

are part of the overall management of the

program. Listing on a QPL does not waive

reguirements for either in-process or other

inspection by the manufacturer, or receiving

inspection by the buyer.

Listing on Qualified Products Lists (QPL's)

Authorized designation (JAN Mark) applied

by manufacturer/distributor to gualified

semiconductors, microelectronic, and

established reliability products.

DOD specifications and QPLs are distributed

by:

Naval Publications and Forms Center

5801 Tabor Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19120

Manufacturer/distributor must supply test

samples, ordinarily bear the cost of testing,

maintain guality, notify of design or process

changes, and mark only approved types. Advertising and publicity may refer to listing

on QPL's provided there is no claim or implication of Government preference or endorsement

or that the product is the only one of its

type that has passed the prescribed tests.

Delisting

Indefinite for most products; most critical

components reguire retesting at periodic

intervals.

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes

or Regulations

Keywords

There is limited reciprocity with counterpart

agencies in Canada, Australia, and Ireland as

well as specific procedures for products

complying with QPL's of NATO. Ministries of Defensej

Program is based on gualif ication reguirements

specified in Military Specifications.

guality control; procurement; gualif ication;

testing; military; QPL;

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Products or

Services

A^ir and Water Treatment Facilities

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Environmental Protection A.gency (EPA)

Office of Air Quality Programs, and

Office of Water Quality Programs

401 M Street, SW.

Washington, DC 20460

(202) 382-5575, Air

(202) 382-5400, Water

1976

Voluntary

40 CFR 20

Identify facilities which reduce air or

water pollution for the purpose of qualifying

for investment tax credit.

Increased investment by industries in

pollution abatement equipment and facilities.

Certifier; some .States also perform a parallel

function for local tax purposes.

Tax incentive program

Government design approval

No testing

No inspection

Lists of certified facilities maintained

by State certifying agencies and EPA.

Lists available from States and EPA.

Facilities must submit plans for review

whenever modifications are made.

Delisting

Indefinite

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Reciprocity No reciprocity

Standards, Codes, EPA defines acceptance criteria.

Keywords air quality; water quality; pollution

control; waste water treatment; waste heat

removal; investment tax credit; depreciation;

pollution control;

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Products or

Services

?\utomotive termarket Parts

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Author ity

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligation of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Manufacturers Operations Division (EN-340F)

401 M Street, SW.

Washington, DC 20460

(202) 382-2515

1980 (Modifications to current procedures

are expected to be proposed in late 1985)

Voluntary

Section 207 (a) of the Clean Air Act, 42

U.S.C. 7541; 40 CFR Part 85

To enable vehicle owners to identify

replacement parts that would not void the

vehicle's emission warranty.

Vehicle owners have benefited from the

availability of parts from competitive

sources. Parts suppliers are able to compet

with original equipment and vehicle manufacturers for aftermarket sales by being able t

assure vehicle owners that their products ar

in compliance with EPA standards and the

vehicle manufacturer's warranty for emissions applies.

Program administrator

Self-certification by supplier

Testing and self-certification by supplier

after notifying EPA of intent to certify.

By supplier

The part or its packaging shall bear the

statement "Certified by (name of manufacturer or warranter) to EPA Emission Standard

Requirements are set forth in 40 CFR Part 85

Suppliers are required to establish and

maintain records containing descriptions and

results of all certification tests as well

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as other information related to the integrity

of the parts and the certification procedures.

Enforcement

Terra

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Decertification

Indefinite term

Test procedures and criteria for certification of catalytic converters, positive

crankcase ventilation valves, air filters,

spark plugs, distributors and other ignition

and carburetor components are specified in

40 CFR Part 85.

automotive parts; vehicle emissions; air

pollution; replacement; aftermarket; warranty;

environment;

48
Products or

Services

Department Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Drinking Water

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Office of Drinking Water (WH550)

401 M Street, SW.

Washington, DC 20460

(202) 382-3040

1974

Mandatory

Act requires States seeking primacy to implement

a certification program based on federal standards; otherwise EPA will certify laboratories in

remaining areas.

Safe Drinking Water Act (42 USC 300)

National Interim Primary Drinking Water

Regulations (40 CFR 141 and 142)

Broaden the base of testing facilities

competent to analyze drinking water in disciplines of chemistry, microbiology, and radiochemistry.

Easier access to competent testing facilities

for all regulated and interested parties.

Certifier (in nonprimacy states, territories,

and Indian reservations)

Program administrator elsewhere.

Premarket evaluation

(Act requires that data from a laboratory be

acceptable only after laboratory is certified?

however, laboratory must be in operation before

it can be certified).

Government design of certification program

testing, inspection, audit, and site approval

plus compliance with Good Laboratory Practice

Regulations

Government labs

State labs

Government

State government

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Conformity Certified labs are issued certificates

identifying areas of competency. Certifying

authorities maintain lest of labs which have

been issued certificates.

Availability of

Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Lists are available from certifying

authorities and EPA Regional Office.

Certified labs must complete periodic

performance evaluations satisfactorily,

maintain competency in approved method,

notify certifier of changes in staff or equipment and submit to periodic onsite evaluations.

Delisting

Three years if certified by EPA or most

States; some States recertify more frequently.

Direct EPA certification is recognized by

other Federal agencies and some States. States

on expected to develop procedures for recognizing

certifications among themselves.

EPA develops standard methods.

Agency recognizes methods prepared by others.

drinking water; chemistry; microbiology;

radiochemistry ; quality assurance; performance

evaluation; onsite evaluation;

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Products or

Services

Agency Function

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentat ion

Motor Vehicle Engines, Gasoline and Diesel

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Office of Mobile Sources

2 565 Plymouth Road

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

(313) 668-4200

1972

Mandatory for producers and distributors

motor vehicle engines, automobiles, light duty

trucks, and motorcycles.

Clean Air Act as amended in 1977, 42 USC 1857

To control emissions from motor vehicles and

engines in the interest of public health.

The atmospheric environment has become cleaner

though progressively more restrictive emissions

of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, oxides of

nitrogen, and particulates from internal

combustion engines.

Both certifier and program administrator

Premarket evaluation; regulations provide

for design evaluation, pre-production testing,

and production auditing.

Governmental design approval, testing, and

audit in conjunction with manu-^acturer selfcertification.

Government lab

Government accredited labs

Manufacturers' labs

Government

Third party

Authorized label by manufacturer

List of certified products

Lists available from EP^

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Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes

of Regulations

Keywords

Manufacturer must qualify new engine

designs, new emission control system

designs, and existing engine and emission

control system designs when emission

regulations change.

Marketing ban

Product recall

Annual with audit testing

Federal certification is recognized in all

States except California.

EPA prepares all criteria documents; some

test methods prepared by others are referenced.

motor vehicles; light duty trucks; motorcycles; exhaust emissions; hydrocarbons; oxides

of nitrogen; carbon monoxide; diesel engines;

evaporative emissions;

52
Products or

Services

Private and Commercial Applicators of

Restricted Use Pesticides

Department/Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Office of Pesticide Programs

401 M Street, SW.

Washington, DC 20460

(703) 557-7096

Initiated 1972

Compliance Mandatory

Act requires States to per-^orm certification

to Federal guidelines, but permits EPA to

perform the function if State is unable to

do so.

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Federal Fungicide, Insecticide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) PL 94140 and PL 95

396

40 CFR 171. 11 71.11; and various State laws and

regulations

To minimize misuse of pesticides by both

private and commercial applicators.

Greater awareness by regulated community of

hazards associated with pesticide misuse.

Certifier in Colorado and Nebraska program.

Administrator in all other States and

territories in which the local program is

approved

Premarket evaluation

Applicator may not offer services for hire

until competency is demonstrated by examination or attendance at an approved training

program.

Government facilities in Colorado and

Nebraska; State facilities in all other States

and territories.

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Personnel testing is conducted by the

certifying agency.

Same basis as testing

Certifying States issue identification

numbers to individual certified applicators

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Availability of

Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Each State maintains a controlled list of

certified applicators. Contacts in States

are available from EPA. Lists of certified

applicators in Colorado and Nebraska are

available directly from EPA.

Certified applicators and/or their employees

are obligated to limit applications to those

restricted pesticides for which they have been

certified.

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Delisting or limitation of certification by

certifying agency.

State certification terms vary from one to

six years; the term for Federal certification

is four years for private applicators and three

years for commercial applicators.

Reciprocity among States is based on State

agreements which are on file with EPA. No

formal list of reciprocal relations is available.

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Certifications standards are promulgated by

States and must be as stringent as required

by FIFRA.

pesticides, fungicides, rodent icides

;

insecticides; registered chemicals; restricted

use; environmental hazards; personnel;

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Products or

Services

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Electrical and Electronic Devices that

Generate Radio Frequency Energy

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Authorization and Standards Division

Columbia, MD 21045

(301) 725-1585

1940 (Marine equipment was the earliest

type approved).

Mandatory

Federal Communications Act of 1934 as

amended CFR 47 Part 2, Subpart J

Reduce uncontrolled radio frequency

interference first observed in connection

with medical diathermy equipment in the

1940 's.

Broad decrease in spurious radio

frequency energy in the environment in

spite of tremendous increase in the types

and quantity of devices in general use

that have the potential for creating

radio frequency interference.

Certifier and program administrator

Generally FCC procedures provide for

pre-marketing evaluation and/or postmarketing assessment. Authorization

procedures reflect the requirements of

particular categories of equipment which

are summarized here:

Type Approval

-Applies to some compulsory installed

marine safety-of-life equipment, and to

some nonlicensed devices, including

certain industrial, scientific, and

medical devices.

-Testing of sample by FCC prior to

issuance of grant is mandated by FCC

Rules

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-Grant of authorization is issued by t^CC.

Type Acceptance

-Applies to transmitting equipment used

under a radio station license issued by

the FCC in many of the radio services.

-Based on desk review and evaluation of

written application and test report

submitted by applicant.

-Testing of samples at FCC Laboratory is

not required by FCC Rules, but FCC has

authority to request samples for testing

either before or after issuance of

grant

.

-Grant of authorization is issued by FCC.

Certification

-Applies to nonlicensed devices, mostly

low power radio frequency devices and,

in addition, to certain categories of

receivers which tune anywhere in the

band 30 to 890 MHz, personal computers

and peripherals, citizen band receivers,

and some other kinds of industrial,

scientific and medical equipment.

-Based on desk review and evaluation of

writte application and test report

submitted by applicant.

-Testing of samples at FCC Laboratory is

not required by FCC Rules, but FCC has

authority to request samples for testing

either before or after issuance of

grant

.

-Grant of authorization is issued by FCC.

Notification

-A newly established procedure. (Report

and Order - Docket No. 82-242 - released

January 21 , 1983 .

)

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-Applicability to particular categories

of equipment has been established in the

Report and Order - Docket No. 83-10,

released Jan. 26, 1984.

-Manufacturer submits brief application

for authorization of device. Application is not required to include test

data.

-FCC may sample device or review the

manufacturer's test data at its option,

before or after issuance of grant.

-Grant of authorization is issued by FCC.

Verification

-Applies to all computing devices except

personal computers, personal peripherals

and exempt computing devices (Section

15.801(e)); also applies to FM broadcast and television broadcast receivers.

-Manufacturer tests device prior to

marketing, for compliance with applicable FCC regulations, and retains test

data.

-No filing with FCC is required.

However, manufacturer's test data may be

required by FCC for subsequent review.

-FCC may sample device, at its option.

-No grant of authorization is issued by

FCC.

Registration

-Applies to subscriber owned and common

carrier owned telephone devices interconnected to the public telephone

network. Objective of registration is

to assure that device will not cause

"harm" (as defined in FCC Rules) to

telephone network. Radio frequency

devices which connect to the public

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Methodology

telephone network may be subject to

registration as well as to one or more

of the other procedures.

-Based on desk review and evaluation of

written application and test report

submitted by applicant. Administrative

review is done by FCC Laboratory. Other

aspects of application are handled by

FCC Common Carrier Bureau, including

issuance of grant.

-Grant of authorization is issued by FCC.

-Subpart L of Part 2, and Part 68 of FCC

Rules provides further information on

this procedure.

Program uses:

- Government lab for testing, inspection, audit

- manufacturer and third party labs

- Government recognition of private

labs

.

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Testing may be performed by:

- FCC lab

- manufacturer ' s lab

- third-party lab.

Agency accredits independent labs, but

does not inspect production facilities.

Agency maintains lists of producers of

approved products, but lists are not

published

.

Producers are licensed to apply approval

markings in accord with regulations.

Above lists must be requested from FCC

through Freedom of Information procedures

Maintain design of approved equipment.

State maintenance requirements to users.

Enforcement Marketing ban and product recall

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Term Indefinite term

Reciprocity None. Test data from counterpart agencies

is taken into consideration but no

Standards , Codes

,

or Regulations

Keywords

reduction of test requirements is

provided.

Radio frequency devices must have the

required form of equipment authorization

before being imported into the United

States and must be accompanied by a

properly executed copy of FCC Form 740.

There are s this requir

the FCC rul

2.811 and 2

categories

subject to

FCC rules,

applicable

ome specified exceptions to

ement as given in Part 2 of

es, Sections 2.806, 2.809,

.813. Also, there are a few

of devices which are not

technical standards in the

These devices must meet the

standards before importation,

Criteria promulgated by FCC; private

sector standards are considered in

preparing rules.

transmitters? cable TV equipment; broadcast

equipment; computer peripherals; medical

electronics, radio frequency energy; communications equipment; type approval; computers;

certification;

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Products or

Services

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Parts, Materials, and Equipment

General Services Administration (GSA)

Office of Federal Supply Services

Commodity Management Division (FCM)

Washington, DC 20406

(703) 557-1001

1944

Mandatory for those products defined by

Federal Specifications which have been designated for the Qualified Products List (QPL)

certification program because conformance

demonstration at each procurement would

necessitate extensive testing.

Armed Services Property Regulations of 1944

Federal Property Management Regulations,

(FPMR) 101-29

As a means of expediting contract awards and

deliveries of designated products, manufacturers are required to have these products pretested to determine if the products conform to

all specified requirements. Subsequently,

assurance that proper quality is being maintained is achieved by normal acceptance

inspection of selected samples of a shipment,

rather than a detailed inspection of each lot.

The availability of products known to be

qualified reduces the costs and time to select

products for inclusion in equipment and systems that must perform reliably. Ready

availability of qualified products reduces

purchase lead times and increases quality Ol

the equipment using these products.

At the end of 1984, approximately 80 Federal

Qualified Products Lists (QPL's) existed listing more than 450 manufacturers. The majority

of these QPL's are for adhesives, paint,

safety equipment, and security office equipment - safes, vault doors, filing cabinets,

and padlocks.

Program administrator

Pretesting prior to Government purchase

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Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Government or private laboratories, including

the manufacturer's lab, may be used if acceptable to General Services Administration (GSA)

and the designated preparing activity. Labs

are not formally accredited by GSA.

Follow-up inspection is not an integral part

of this program. Listing on a QPL does not

waive reguirements for either in-process or

other inspection by the manufacturer, or

inspection by the buyer.

Listing on Qualified Products Lists (QPL's)

Availability of

Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Federal QPL's and specifications are distributed by:

General Services Administration

Specification Unit (WFSIS)

7th and D Streets, SW.

Washington, DC 20406

Manufacturers and distributors must supply

test samples, ordinarily bear the cost of

testing, maintain guality and notify of

design changes. Reference may be made to

listing on QPL's in advertising and publicity

provided there is no claim or implication of

Government preference or endorsement, or that

the product is the only one of its type that

has passed the prescribed tests.

Enforcement

Term

Delisting

Indefinite for most products; certain products may reguire retesting at periodic intervals.

Reciprocity Federal and State agencies recognize and use

Federal QPL's. There are no bilateral or

multilateral arrangements with other countries . Standards, Codes, Program is based on gual if icat ion reguirements

or Regulations specified in Federal specifications.

Keywords guality control; procurement; testing; Federal; QPL;

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Products or

Services

Color Additives

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Enforcement

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Center for Food Safety and Nutrition

Division of Color Technology (HFF-430)

200 C Street, SW.

Washington, DC 20204

(202) 245-1141

1977 (latest authority)

Mandatory

P.L. 94-295, 21 CFR 70 through 82

To assure public health and safety in use and

consumption of foods, drugs, and cosmetics to

which specified colors have been added.

As an ongoing program, color additive certification monitors conformance of additives to

existing reguirements and identifies need for

new limitations.

Certifier

Pre-market ing evaluation

Government testing

Government labs

Government

List of approved colors and certified

products

Lists available from FDA.

Manufacturers must conform with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and report any known

ill effects associated with certified additives.

Marketing ban

Product recal

Delisting

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Term

Reciprocity

Certification is provided on a batch basis.

Certification is recognized by other Federal

agencies, State agencies, and private sector

organizations.

Standards, Codes, Agency prepares criteria for certification,

or Regulations Agency adopts test methods prepared by others

such as the Association of Official Analytic

Chemists

.

Keywords color additives; foods; drugs; cosmetics;

certification; adulteration; misbranding;

carcinogens

;

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Products or

Services

Department /Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Electronic Products

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Center for Devices and Radiological Health

5600 Fishers Lane

Rockville, MD 20857

(301) 443-4690

1968

Mandatory

Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act

42 use 2636; 21 CFR 1000-1050

To protect the public from unnecessary exposure to radiation from electronic products.

Through enforcement, as well as product

improvement and user education, public

exposure to ionizing and nonionizing

radiation has been reduced significantly.

Program administrator

Pre-market ing evaluation

Manufacturer self-certification

Manufacturer's lab

Third party lab

Government lab

Government

Manufacturer applied label

No lists are published or maintained in this

program.

Manufacturer must keep production and distribution records; notify buyers of nonconforming eguipment and recall such equipment for

repair.

65
Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Marketing ban

Certification applies for the life of each

distinctive model.

No effective reciprocity

Agency sets criteria and publishes performance

standards.

electronic radiation; microwave ovens; lasers;

sunlamps; ultrasonic therapy equipment; x-ray

equipment; mercury vapor lamps; television

receivers; product labelling;

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Products or

Services

Drugs Containing Insulin

Department /Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Enforcement

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Center for Drugs and Biologies

5600 Fishers Lane

Rockville, MD 20857

(301) 443-1016

1969

Voluntary

21 CFR Part 429

Provide insulin users with assurance of a uniform guality drug.

Virtually all producers participate in this

certification program.

Certifier

Pre-market evaluation

Compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices

Government inspection

Government lab

Manufacturer's lab

Government

Lists of gualified suppliers and certified

products

Lists available from FDA.

Producer must keep production records for two

years after batch shipment.

Marketing ban (under the reguirement that any

misbranded drug is banned by law).

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Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Certification is provided on a batch basis.

Certification recognized by other Federal

agencies, State agencies, and private sector

organizations.

Agency prepares certification criteria.

Agency adopts test methods of the

United States Pharmacope ial Convention and the

National Formulary.

insulin; packaging; labelling; color coding;

distribution; records;

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Products or

Services

Drugs for Human Use

Department/Aqency

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Center for Drugs and Biologies

5600 Fishers Lane

Rockville, MD 20857

(301) 443-1016

Mandatory

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Title 21 USC

21 CFR Parts 200-212 and 300-315

To assure that drugs and antibiotics are both

safe and effective for intended use.

Virtually all covered products consumed in the

U.S. are made in registered establishments and

produced under Good Manufacturing Practices

(GMP).

Certifier

Pre-market evaluation

Government design approval, inspection, site

approval and compliance with GMP.

Manufacturer's lab

Third party lab

Government

Lists of gualified producers and approved

products are maintained by FDA.

Official lists may be obtained from the Drug

Listing Branch (HFN-315) of the FDA.

Producers are reguired to register establishments, maintain sanitary conditions, provide

substantial clinical evidence of safety and

effectiveness, prepare adequate labelling and

instructions for use, submit advertising for

approval, comply with Good Manufacturing

Practices, use approved packaging, and advise

FDA of known adverse reactions.

Enforcement Marketing ban and product recall

69
Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

No specific term; retesting is based on

changes in product characteristics, composition, or intended use. A major consideration

is any misbrading or adulteration.

Certification is recognized widely in U.S.

but no foreign reciprocity.

FDA prepares all standard requirements

including GMP rules, except that specifications of official drug components are prepared

by private organizations, i.e., U.S. Pharmacopeia, Homeopathic Pharmacopeia, or National

Formulary.

drugs; antibiotics; registration; labelling;

good manufacturing practices; sanitation;

misbranding; adulteration; recall; packaging;

premarket evaluation;

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Products or

Services

Department/Agency

Initiated

Con5)liance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentation

Food and Drugs ^or Animals

U.S. Department of Health and Human 'lervices

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Center for Veterinary Medicine (HFV-1)

Roclcville, MD 20857

(301) 443-3450

1938

Mandatory

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Title 21 USC,

as amended by P.L. 90-399

To assure that foods, Feeds, additives and

medicines intended for animal use are safe and

effective for intended use.

Low-risk preparations with uniform quality and

predictable performance have been developed

for animal use.

For new animal drugs (NAD): certifier

For all other products: program administrator

Pre-market evaluation

For NAD, Government design approval,

inspection, site approval.

For other products, manufacturer selfcertification . For all products, compliance with Good

Manufacturing Practices (GMP)

Manufacturer's lab

Third-party lab

Government

Lists of approved products and qualified

producers are maintained by FDA.

Official lists may be obtained from the FDA

Center for Veterinary Medicine.

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Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes

r

or Regulations

Keywords

For all products, producers are required to

register establishments annually, maintain

sanitary conditions, provide adeguate labelling, and comply with Good Manufacturing

Practices, For NDA substantial evidence to

demonstrate safety and effectiveness must

be provided. Proof that residues unsafe for

human consumption are not left over specified

time periods is reguired for drugs or medicated feeds intended for animals which are

used as human food.

Marketing ban and product recall

No specific term; testing is based on changes

in product characteristics composition or

intended use. A major consideration is any

misbranding or adulteration.

Certification recognized widely in the U.S.

Many states require a "Guaranteed Analysis"

for minimum protein, fat, fiber, and moisture

content. There is no reciprocity among countries for these products.

FDA prepares the regulatory requirements

including the GMP, but draws some technical

input from the National Academy of Sciences.

animal feed; pet food; food additives;

veterinary medicines; animal drugs; misbranding; adulteration; good manufacturing

practices; registration;

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Products or

Services

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Food for Humans

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Bureau of Foods

5600 Fishers Lane

Rockville, MD 20857

(301) 443-1544

1938

Mandatory

Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, as

amended

Assure that foods are pure and wholesome,

safe to eat, and produced under sanitary

conditions

The appearance of adulterated and misbranded

products in the market has been minimized.

Program administrator

Pre-market evaluation

Government inspection

Government labs

Manufacturers' labs

Third party labs

State/local government labs

Government

State/local government

Proper informative labelling; identification

of processing plant where such are specifically inspected, such as shellfish packers.

FDA publicizes only firms known to be not

complying with reguired standards.

Producers must advise FDA any time a violation

of good manufacturing practices occurs. Misbranded adulterated products should be destroyed, but may be seized by government

agents

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Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Marketing ban

Product recall

Continuous inspection

Other Federal agencies

State agencies

Private sector organizations

Agency prepares all criteria document.

adulterated product; misbranded product?

dietary foods; infant foods; nutrition

labelling; good manufacturing practices;

standard of guality; sanitation; standard of

identity; fill of container standard;

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Products or

Services

Food Inspection Personnel

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Term

Reciprocity

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

5600 Fishers Lane

Rockville, MD 20857

(301) 443-1544

1976

Voluntary

Public Health Service Act, as amended

Achieve a high degree of uniformity throughout

the nation in the inspection of sanitation for

the selling of food.

Program has provided uniform methods of training, examination, and review of food inspection personnel.

Certifier

Evaluation of individual's competence.

Government testing and audit

Federal and State examination and training

facilities

Federal and State Governments

Lists of certified inspectors are kept by

participating State health departments.

Lists must be obtained at the State level.

Retesting every three years.

Recognition by:

other Federal agencies,

State agencies,

private organizations.

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standards. Codes, Agency prepares criteria documents,

or Requlations

Keywords food; retail sales; sanitation; program

evaluation; model ordinance; training; person

nel certification;

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Products or

Services

Fresh and Frozen Molluscan Bivalves

(oysters, clams and mussels)

Department /Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Functions

Type of Program

Methodology

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Food and Druq Administration (FDA)

Shellfish Sanitation Branch, HFF-344

200 C Street, SW.

Washington, DC 20204

(202) 485-0149

1925

Voluntary /cooperative

Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act

(Sees. 402, 403, 701(a) as amended

Public Health Service Act (Sees. 301, 308,

311, 361) as amended

To identify actual or potential sources

of pollution that may contaminate shellfish

growing areas; prevent the harvesting of

shellfish from contaminated waters; and main

tain sanitary conditions during the handling

and processing of shellfish.

Shellfish products marketed in interstate

commerce are safe for human consumption.

Administers program, evaluates State

shellfish control programs, and develops

program guidelines and standards.

Pre-market ing control of product through

classification of shellfish growing areas,

prevention of illegal harvesting, and

inspection of harvesting and processing

operations.

State shellfish agencies have the

responsibility for classifying growing waters

and assuring industry maintains adequate

sanitary operating procedures. FDA evaluates

State programs to determine program compliance

through field visits and office file reviews.

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Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

FDA evaluates State and local

laboratories used for the examination of

sea water and shellfish. The laboratories

are only evaluated for compliance with

American Public Health Association (APHA)

procedures for the examination of sea water

and shellfish, not approved or certified.

State shellfish control officials conduct

all shellfish activities through field surveys

and inspection of harvesting and processing

operations. State programs are evaluated by

FDA shellfish specialists.

FDA publishes monthly the "Interstate

Certified Shellfish Shippers List" (ICSSL)

containing the names and certification numbers

of State certified shellfish firms.

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

The ICSS is provided free to all States,

shellfish industry, and other interested

individuals upon reguest.

Shellfish industry is reguired to meet

state shellfish sanitary reguirements for

harvesting, handling and processing

operations, conform to National Shellfish

Sanitation Program (NSSP) criteria and Good

Manufacturing Practice Regulations.

Enforcement State decertifies firm; FDA is notified

and removes firm from the ICSSL.

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Indefinite term; reinspection after

correction of deficiencies.

FDA certification is recognized by other

Federal agencies. States and foreign government agencies.

NSSP Manual of Operations Part I and II;

Laboratory Procedures for the Examination

of Seawater and Shellfish, Fifth Edition, 1985

APHA. FDA develops and revises manual of

operations. Manual revisions are approved by

state shellfish control agencies.

Keywords oysters; clams; mussels; shellfish;

National Shellfish Sanitation Program; NSSP;

interstate; seafood;

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Products or

Services

Infant Formula

Department /Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentat ion

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Enforcement

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

Division of Regulatory Guidance (HFF-310)

200 C Street, SW.

Washington, DC 20204

(202) 245-3117

1980

Mandatory

Infant Formula Act of 1980 21 USC 412, 21 CFR

Chapter 1, Subchapters A and B

To establish minimum nutrition reguirements

for infant formula.

Virtually all domestically produced infant

formula now complies with this rule.

Program administrator

Pre-market ing evaluation

Manufacturer self-certification

Compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices

(GMP)

Manufacturers lab

Government

Lists of approved suppliers and certified

products

Lists available from FDA.

Quarterly recert if icat ion by each producer.

Prompt notification to FDA of any suspected

batch noncompliance, adulteration, or

misbranding

Maketing ban

Product recall by agency or producer

79
Term Audit testing/inspect

with quality control

by agency.

ion to assure conformance

requirements prescribed

Reciprocity Certification recognized by other Federal

agencies, State agencies, and private sector

organizations.

Standards, Codes, Technical requirements specified in the Act.

or Regulations

Keywords infant formula; nutrition requirements; good

manufacturing practices; quality control;

adulteration; misbranding; product recall;

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Products or

Services

Medical Devices

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Center for Devices and Radiological Health

(HFZ-1)

5600 Fishers Lane

Rockville, MD 20857

(301) 443-4690

1976

Mandatory

Medical Device Amendments P.L. 94-295 to Food

Drug and Cosmetic Act, Title 21 USC

To assure that medical devices are both safe

and efficaceous in their intended use.

For Class III devices, the program provides

a more thorough design review.

For Classes I and II devices, the program

provides clear public expectations.

For Class III devices, certifier.

For Classes I and II devices, program adminis

trator.

Pre-market evaluation

For Class III, Government design approval,

audit inspection, and site approval; manufacturers supply test data.

For Classes I and II, manufacturer selfcertification and compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

Manufacturer's lab or third party lab.

Audit testing may be done by labs under

contract to Government.

Government

For Class III devices only, list of approved

products maintained by FDA. For Classes I and II, manufacturer self-certification is ev

denced through information reguired in

product labelling.

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Availability

of Documentation

Official lists are available from FDA Center

for Devices and Radiologic Health.

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Manufacturers of all classes of medical

devices are reguired to be registered and to

collect data on patient/practitioner experience and report any hazardous events or non- compliances with Class III or Class II certification.

Enforcement

Term

Marketing ban, product recall, delisting are

all applicable to medical devices.

No specific term; retesting is based on

changes in product characteristics or use.

A major consideration is any misbranding or

adulteration.

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Certifications recognized widely in U.S., but

no foreign reciprocity.

FDA prepares reguirements for Class III;

standards for Class II may be from private

sector; FDA develops and maintains GMP rules.

medical devices; classification; misbranding;

adulteration; good manufacturing practices;

investigation use; recall; premarket notification;

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Products or

Services

Respirators and other Breathing

Apparatus; Personal Coal Dust Samplers

Department/Agency U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health

Certification Branch

944 Chestnut Ridge Road

Morgantown, WV 26505-2888

(304) 291-4331

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

1972

Voluntary

CPR Title 30 Part 11

CFR Title 30 Part 74

To assure a minimum level of

performance and quality for respiratory

protective devices in the marketplace

and provide an independent review of

manufacturer's designs.

Benefits There are 21 domestic manufacturers and

five importers. The certifying

laboratory evaluates approximately

2000 samples of respiratory protective

devices. These evaluations combined

with an extensive defect notification

program, including both users and

manufacturers, assures that nearly all

potentially life-threatening problems

with respiratory protective equipment

are detected and corrected before

equipment-related injuries occur.

Agency Function Certifier

Type of Program Pre-market inq evaluation and postmarketing assessment, in the form

of defect investigation.

Methodology Federal agency design approval and

testing

Testing Government laboratory and manufacturers

labs

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Inspection Federal agency representatives only

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer

Enforcement

Approved products lists and governmentapproved labels applied by manufacturer.

Approved products lists available to

eguipment users at above address.

Manufacturer must conduct pre-submi ttal

tests; establish a quality control plan

for agency approval; notify agency of

possible or actual equipment or component

defects; participate in agency-sponsored

investigations; and cease labelling if

approval is suspended.

Delisting

Product recall (voluntary by manufacturer)

Notification to users

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Indefinite term

Other Federal agencies (e.g. NRC

)

State agencies

Government of Canada (counterpart agencies)

Agency prepares criteria documents.

Agency adopts standards prepared by others for

quality plans and respirator maintenance.

respirators; air samplers; gas masks;

breathing apparatus; face pieces;

coal mine dust; pesticides; design

approval

;

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Products or

Services

Building Products for Construction

Department /Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

U.S. Department of Housing

and Urban Development (HUD)

Office of Manufactured Housing

and Construction Standards

451 Seventh Street SW.

Washington, DC 20 410

(202) 755-5929

1965

Voluntary

CFR Title 24 Part 200.935

Prevent product failures and misrepresentations of products. Expedite

introduction of new or innovative

building materials. Alleviate safety

hazards associated with building

materials, long term durability problems,

and misleading test results.

Better assurance that the building products arriving at the job site comply with the

designated standard.

Program administrator

Ongoing validation of private certification of products included under a HUD

mortgage insurance program.

Third-party certification

Manufacturer ' s self-certif ication

Government-accredited labs

Third-party validating labs

Manufacturer's labs

State/local government labs

Agency-accredited labs

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Inspection Third party

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Authorized mark or label by manufacturer

or third-party validator. More than

seventy third-party validators participate in the HUD Building Products Certification Program for approximately twenty

products ranging from carpeting to plywood.

All documentation is published

in the Federal Register.

Manufacturers are obligated to cease

marking products which do not meet

required standards.

The principal means of enforcement is

delisting of manufacturers. Laboratories

whose quality control is inadequate may

be disapproved. Administrators may be

suspended under rules in 24 CFR Part 24.

All parties may operate indefinitely in

these programs. Laboratories are subject to

periodic reaccreditat ion.

Products in these programs enjoy a wide

degree of reciprocal recognition including;

other Federal agencies. State agencies,

private sector organizations, foreign

governments, and international organizations,

There are participating organizations in

Canada for certain building products.

HUD adopts standards prepared by others,

and prepares criteria documents where

necessary. Documents defining acceptance

are in 24 CFR 200 .935.

building products; certification; thirdparty validation; mortgage insurance;

housing; administrators; acceptance

criteria;

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Products or

Services

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Manufactured Housing

U.S. Department of Housing and

Urban Development (HUD)

Manufactured Housing Standards Division

451 Seventh Street, SW.

Washington, DC 20410

(202) 755-6590

1976

Mandatory

National Manufactured Housing Construction

and Safety Standards Act, PL 93-382,

42 U.S.C 5407; 24 CFR Part 3280

To reduce the number of personal injuries

and deaths, cost of insurance, and property

damage resulting from manufactured home

accidents and to improve the guality and

durability of manufactured homes.

Uniform nationwide certification program

has accomplished the stated purposes of the

Act as well as improved interstate commerce

in manufactured housing.

Program administrator

Pre-emptive, mandatory, national regulation

Third-party certification of building plans

and in-factory enforcement for compliance.

Third-party labs

Manufacturer's lab

Third-party

State government

Authorized label by manufacturer

Lists of approved manufacturers

Lists are maintained by the agency and

the State Approved Administrators.

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Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Manufacturers must keep sufficiently

accurate component data by finished unit

serial number so that purchasers can be

notified if an imminent safety hazard is

alleged.

Marketing ban on unlabelled homes; product

recall on defective units; removal of

third-party inspection agencies for repeated

inadeguate performance.

Indefinite term

Other Federal agencies

State agencies

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Agency adopts standards prepared by others

and provides necessary integrating reguirements

.

Keywords inspection; product safety; design approval;

88
Products or

Services

Surface and Subsurface Safety Valves

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

U.S. Department of the Interior

Minerals Management Service

12203 Sunrise Valley Drive,

Reston, VA 22091

(703) 860-7506

1980

Mandatory

CFR Title 30, Part 250.11

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Orders

Prevention of maior oil spills that

cause pollution.

Decreased pollution and accidents and

improved consistency of manufacturing

and testing.

Program administrator

Pre-market ing evaluation

Third-party certification

Third-party accredited laboratories

Third-party

Authorized mark or label by manufacturer

Available from ASME at 345 E. 47th

Street, New York, New York 10017.

Traceability

Delisting.

3 years.

None

89
standards, Codes, or

Regulations

Keywords

ANSI/ASME - SPPE-1, Quality Assurance

and Certification of Safety and Pollution Prevention Equipment Used in

Offshore Oil and Gas Operations

ANSI/ASME - SPPE-2, Accreditation of

Testing Laboratories for Safety and

Pollution Prevention Equipment Used in

Offshore Oil and Gas Operations

safety valves; oil; qas; petroleum;

pollution-prevention; offshore; OCS;

90
Products or

Services

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Diesel-Powered Equipment for Gassy Mines

U.S. Department of Labor

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Approval and Certification Center, Box 251

Triadelphia, WV 26059

(304) 547-0400

1977

Mandatory for certain areas of non-coal mines

where methane gas may be present.

PL 91-173; 30 U.S,C. 957

PL 95-164; 30 U.S.C. 961, 951; 30 CFR 36

To provide a uniform means for evaluating

diesel-powered eguipment used in non-coal

mines for mining and transportation.

Accidents and deaths related to dieselpowered mine machinery have been minimized.

Certifier

Pre-market evaluation

Government design approval, testing,

inspection

Government labs or other labs under government

monitoring

Government

Agency designated and issued mark

Agency publishes lists of certified and

approved eguipment.

Manufacturer must maintain production

according to type-approved drawings, including

modifications to design reguired for approval,

and employ acceptable guality control plan.

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Enforcement Marketing ban; removal ^rom mine use of nonconforming equipment; legal action.

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Indefinite

Other international. Federal and State agencies

Private organizations

Agency prepares criteria documents.

non-coal mines; diese 1-powered equipment;

mining machines; transporters; exhaust gases;

flammable atmospheres; dust collectors;

electrical components; ventilators; safety;

92
Products or

Services

Electrical Equipment for Mines

Department/Agency

Initiated

Conqpliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Enforcement

U.S. Department of Labor

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Approval and Certification center. Box 251

Triadelphia, WV 26059

(304) 547-0400

1977

Mandatory

PL 95-164; 30 U.S.C. 961, 951; 30 CFR 18

PL 91-173; 30 U.S.C. 957

To provide uniform means for evaluating

electrical equipment used in gassy mines for

mining, illuminating, and measuring in order

to reduce workplace hazards.

Accidents and deaths related to electricallypowered mine machinery have been minimized.

Certifier

Pre-market evaluation

Government design approval, testing,

and inspection

Government labs or other labs under

government monitoring

Government

Agency designated and issued mark

Agency publishes lists of certified and

approved equipment.

Manufacturer must maintain production according

to type-approved drawings, including modifications to design required for approval and

employ acceptable quality control plan.

Marketing ban; removal, from mine use, of nonconforming equipment; legal action.

93
Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Indefinite

Other international, Federal and State agencies,

private organizations

Agency prepares criteria documents.

coal mines; electrical equipment; illumination;

intrinsically-safe equipment; signalling

devices; pumps; fans; compressors; battery

powered equipment; instruments; shuttle cars;

safety;

94
Products or

Services

Equipment and Materials Used in the

Workplace

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

U.vS. Department of Labor

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA)

Directorate of Safety Standards Programs

200 Constitution Avenue, NW.

Washington, DC 20210

(202) 523-8061

1971

Mandatory

Occupational Safety

PL 91-596;

29 CFR Part 1910 —

Health Standards for

29 CFR, Part 1915 —

Health Standards for

29 CFR, Part 1917-19

and Health Standards

Longshor ing;

29 CFR, Part 1926 —

Health Standards;

29 CFR, Part 1928 —

Health Standards for

and Health Act of 1970,

Occupational Safety &

General industry;

Occupational Safety &

Shipyard Employments;

18 — Occupational Safety

for Marine Terminals;

Construction Safety &

Occupational Safety &

Agricultural Employments,

To provide protection to the nation's workers

on their job by reducing or eliminating the

various hazards to which workers may be exposed.

Certain equipment because of its nature or the

types of hazards that may develop is required

to be listed, labelled, or approved by thirdparty laboratories.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) certification program enables

employers to install equipment which has

demonstrated compliance with applicable standards

and regulations. OSHA workplace inspections can

be expedited when certified equipment is used.

Program administrator

Post-marketing assessment

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Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Third-party certification

Third-party test labs

Accreditation of laboratories proposed in

Federal Register Notice of March 6, 1984.

OSHA inspectors can inspect equipment in the

workplace

.

Comply with applicable standards

Ban from the workplace.

Indefinite term

Listing, labelling, or approval by foreign

certification agencies is recognized by OSHA

so long as evaluation criteria are equal or

more stringent than the applicable OSHA

standards and regulations.

OSHA standards include extensions of Federal

standards and Federal and non-government

standards incorporated by reference. These

include numerous standards of American National

Standards Institute, American Society of Mechanical

Engineers, National Fire Protection Association,

Underwriters Laboratories and others.

safety; health; job safety; machinery; equipment; construction; agriculture; diving; fire

protection; medical services; ventilation;

hazardous materials; personal protective

eguipment; material handling; tools; welding;

electrical

;

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Products or

Services

Maritime Cargo Handling Equipment

Department/Agency

Initiated

Conqpliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Availabi1 ity

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer

Vendor

U.S. Department of Labor

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Division of Maritime Compliance Assistance

200 Constitution Avenue, NW.

Washington, DC 20210

(202) 523-8133

1971

Mandatory

29 CFR 1915-1919

Assure that all covered equipment complies

with regulatory requirements. Most of the

equipment is at marine terminals and shipyards. Cargo gear on board U.S. inspected

vessels is under the jurisdiction of the

United States Coast Guard.

Safety of longshoremen, seamen, and dock

workers has been improved by this program

which fullfills U.S. responsibilities for

International Labor Organization (ILO)

Convention No. 32.

Program Administrator

Post-marketing assessment

Third party certification

Government accredited lab

Third party

List of certified products made on OSHA

official forms.

Agency maintains a list of accredited inspectors. Such firms are not required to publicize a list of their clients.

Cooperate with a specific third-party certifier regarding design, fabrication, and

installation data and maintenance requirements .

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Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards f Codes

»

or Regulations

Keywords

Delisting or ban on usage.

Annual retesting

Other Federal and State agencies

Agency adopts standards prepared by others.

accreditation; cranes; derricks; materials

handling equipment; wire rope; safe working

loads

;

98
Products or

Services

Department/Agency

Initiated

Coitqpliance

Authority

Aim/Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Progreun

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer /Vendor

Packages and Containers for Radioactive

Material

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards

Washington, DC 20555

(301) 427-4122

1974

Mandatory

Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations,

Part 71

Protection of public health and safety

and the environment.

Program administrator or and certifier

Review and assessment of package

designs prior to approval and grant of

certificate of compliance. Approximately

220 different designs have been certified.

Government design approval, inspection,

and audit inspection/testing

Applicant /Government

App 1 icant /Government

Approved packages are assigned an indentification number.

Part 71 Docket Files

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Public Document Room

Washington, DC 20555

(202) 634-3273

Report defects or noncompliance.

Report significant reduction of effectiveness during use.

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Enforcement

Term

Order, denial, fine.

5 year renewable

Inspection prior to each use

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Recognition of certification by:

-Department of Transportation (DOT)

-Foreign governments upon issuance of

DOT Competent Authority Certificate.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Regulatory Guides (Division 7)

packaging, radioactive material; nuclear; safety; environment;

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Products or

Services

Breath Alcohol Testers and Their Calibration

Units

Department /Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT)

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Office of Alcohol Counterraeasures , NTS-21,

400 Seventh Street, SW.

Washington, DC 20590

(202) 426-9581

1984

Voluntarily adopted by States and local jurisdictions . Manufacturers voluntarily submit testers for

evaluation and listing.

23 U.S.C. 402 and 49 CFR 1.50

Assist States and local communities by providing

a centralized qualification test program

for breath-testing devices designed to collect

evidence in law enforcement programs.

States have adopted the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) model

specification for evidential breath testers

and a calibration unit developed by the

National Bureau of Standards (NBS). This

qualification program enables States and

local jurisdictions to buy equipment that has

demonstrated compliance with these model specifications. They avoid the cost of individual

tests and use equipment that is ruqged and

reliable and bears the scrutiny of challenges

in court cases. Manufacturers benefit in not

having to arrange for individual tests in

numerous jurisdictions.

Certifier

Qualification testing

Government testing

Testing is accomplished by the Department of

Transportation Systems Center.

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Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Term

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Qualified manufacturers are listed on a Conforming Products List (CPL),

Model specifications and CPL's are published

in the Federal Register; 49 FR 48854. Currently

thirteen manufacturers of breath measurement devices

are listed. Four of these are foreign suppliers.

Manufacturer must submit a unit for test.

Indef inite

Acceptance criteria have been developed by

NHTSA in collaboration with NBS.

alcohol; highway safety; legal evidence;

blood alcohol; breath alcohol; tester; calibration; analysis; law enforcement;

102
Products or

Services

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Cylinders for Transportation of Hazardous

Materials

U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT)

Research and Special Programs Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Regulation

400 7th St. , NW.

Washington, DC 20590

(202) 426-2075

1964

Mandatory

49 CFR 178.36-178.68

To provide a uniform testing program for

cylinders made from a variety of metals and

used for many kinds of hazardous materials.

Consistent safety and durability of

cylinders for intended use.

Program administrator

Pre-market evaluation

Third-party certification or manufacturer

self -certification

Third-party lab

Manufacturer's lab

Third-party

Authorized identity by manufacturer

No central registry of manufacturers; all

cylinders legal for service are marked.

Manufacturers must maintain guality control,

Vendors must cycle inventory.

Users must not use out-of-date cylinders.

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Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Product recall

15-year term; regulation has no specific

provision for retesting, but tanks in

sound physical condition may be tested and

recertified.

Marked cylinders are accepted throughout

U.S.A.

Agency has integrated product reguirements

based on industry test methods.

cylinders; hazardous materials; hydrotest;

guality control; inspection; maintenance;

safety

;

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Products

Services

or Civilian Aircraft, Aircraft Engines,

Propellers, and their Components and

Parts

In addition to these products, the comprehensive FAA system provides for certification of pilots, flight instructors,

crew members, mechanics, parachute

riggers, control tower operators, dispatchers, air carriers in interstate or overseas

air transportation, air taxi operators,

agricultural aircraft operators, navigational

facilities, airports and heliports serving

certificated air carriers, repair stations,

parachute lofts and schools for pilots and

mechanics. Certificates of designation and

certificates of authority are issued to

aviation medical examiners, examiners of pilots

and technical personnel, designated engineering

representatives, and designated manufacturing

inspection representatives.

Department/Agency U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT)

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Office of the Associate Administrator

for Aviation Standards

800 Independence Avenue, SW.

Washington, DC 20591

(202) 426-3131

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

1926

Mandatory

Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C.),

CFR 14, Parts 1 to 199

Promote, regulate, and encourage the

development of civil aviation in such a manner as to promote its development and

provide for the safe and efficient use of

the airspace.

Benefits The FAA certification system has helped

produce one of the safest and most

efficient air transportation systems in

the world.

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National Transportation Safety Board data

demonstrate that surface travel results

in approximately 170 times more fatalities than air travel not only in total

but in rate per passenger miles traveled.

Agency Function Program administrator and certifier.

Type of Program The comprehensive FAA product certification program includes assessment of the

initial design; evaluation of the initial

products; compliance with demonstrated

design, manufacturing, and quality

control practices; approval of

maintenance periods; and monitoring of

all service discrepancy reports.

Methodology A Type Certificate is granted by the FAA

after an applicant has identified and

demonstrated compliance with applicable

regulations. A Type Certificate is

issued for a specific make and model

(type) of aircraft, engine, or propeller.

Special Conditions may be issued for

novel or unusual design features.

A Production Certificate is issued to

holders of type certificates upon

demonstration that their quality control

system assures that products conform to the

type certificate.

An Airworthiness Certificate is granted

for a specific aircraft that meets the

approved type design and is in condition

for safe operation. Airworthiness

certificates are also issued for engines

that are exported.

Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) is

required for the manufacture of parts,

materials, processes and equipment to be

installed on a type certificated product.

This requires demonstration of compliance

with applicable regulations, directives,

and standards, and operation of an effective quality control system.

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Authorization to manufacture and

designate products, in accordance with

FAA Technical Standard Orders (TSO's),

requires demonstration of compliance

with performance and quality control

requirements specified in the respective

TSO's.

Testing Compliance with the applicable requirements is usually accomplished by the

applicant and the FAA will review, witness and test as appropriate, prior to

approval of the desiqn. Certain fliqht

testing is performed by FAA personnel.

Test data for PMA and TSO's are submitted to the FAA for review and approval.

The FAA does not approve or accredit

test laboratories; however, a manufacturer must possess, or have access to

facilities that will enable it to test

and inspect products to the requisite

levels.

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Inspection is accomplished by FAA

specialists and designated representatives.

Airworthiness Certificates are issued for

each approved aircraft. Engines and

propellers must list the Type Certificate

and Production Certificate numbers on

their data plates. Products conforming

to Parts Manufacturer Approval are marked

"FAA-PMA". Those manufactured in accordance

with a TSO authorization are marked with

applicable TSO number.

No lists of approved or qualified

products or suppliers are published for

general distribution by the FAA.

Each manufacturer or user of certified

products, including TSO items, shall

report any accident, failure, malfunction, or defect that could result in

fire, engine failure, primary structural

defect, loss of more than one electrical

or hydraulic power generating system, and

similar critical occurrences. FAA personnel

shall be provided access to inspect any

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products manufactured under authorization,

and to inspect the manufacturing facilities,

quality control inspection and tests, and

technical data files.

Enforcement Various civil penalties are provided for

under section 901 of the Federal Aviation

Act of 1958. Under section 903 a State

or Federal law enforcement officer, or an

FAA safety inspector may summarily seize

an aircraft involved in a violation. If

it is determined that the public interest

and safety requires it, the FAA may issue

an order amending, suspending or revoking,

all or part of any Type Certificate,

Production Certificate, Airworthiness

Certificate, Air Carrier Operating

Certificate, or Air Navigation Facility

Certificate. Other enforcement options

include cease and desist orders, orders

of denial and injunctions.

Term Type Certificates and Production Certificates are effective until surrendered,

suspended, revoked, or a termination date

is otherwise established. Airworthiness

Certificates are effective as long as

maintenance, and alterations are

performed in accordance with established

regulations and procedures, and the

aircraft are registered in the United

States. A PMA or TSO authorization is

not transferable and is effective until

surrendered or withdrawn.

Reciprocity The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) sets general guidelines for

airworthiness certification systems in

Annex 8 to the Chicago Convention. The

Federal Aviation Regulations implement

the ICAO guidelines in the United States.

The U.S. Department of Defense and the Coast

Guard reguire that certain of their

aircraft and eguipment be FAA certified.

A Type Certificate may be issued for

a product manufactured in a foreign

country with which the United States has

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a bilateral agreement for acceptance of

these products for export and import

if the country in which the product was

manufactured certifies that the product

has been examined, tested, and found to

meet applicable FAA requirements and the

manuals, placards, and instrument

markings are in English. Depending on

the design and any unique features,

Special Conditions may be identified for

approval

An Airworthiness Certificate is granted

to imported aircraft for which a Type

Certificate has been issued if the country in which the aircraft was manufactured certifies, and the FAA finds, that

the aircraft conforms to the type design

and is in condition for safe operation.

The FAA need not issue Production Certificates, PMA's or TSO authorizations if

the manufacturing facilities are located

outside the United States, unless there

is no undue burden in administering the

applicable requirements of the Federal

Aviation Act of 1958.

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Applicable design, performance, and

quality requirements are specified in

CFR Part 14, Parts 1 to 199. Approximately 60 nongovernment standards are

incorporated in TSO's. These are

primarily standards developed by the

Society of Automotive Engineers, Radio

Technical Commission for Aeronautics,

and Aerospace Industries Association.

type certificate; production certificate;

airworthiness; PMA; TSO; aircraft;

engines; propellers; avionics; parts;

materials; processes; bilateral agreements; safety; quality; performance;

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Products or

Services

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Lifesaving, Engineering, Fire Protection,

and Pollution Prevention Equipment for

Recreational Boats and Commercial Vessels

U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT)

Coast Guard

Washington, DC 20 593

Telex: 892427

For electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic

equipment:

Engineering Branch, G-MTH-2

(202)426-2160

All other equipment:

Survival Systems Branch, G-MVI-3

(202)426-1444

1946

Mandatory for equipment required to be

used on recreational boats and commercial

vessels.

33 CFR 159; 46 CFR 2, 159-164

Approve equipment which meets minimum

safety and performance standards.

Approved equipment is intended to reduce

the loss of life in marine accidents, and

to prevent oil and sewage pollution of

waterways by ships and boats.

Program administrator and certifier

Pre-market ing evaluation, inspection, and

testing

Government design approval, and audit of

testing and inspection

Third-party pre-approval testing, and

production testing and inspection

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Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Manufacturer self-certification and/or

production testing and inspection on

selected items

Coast Guard accredited laboratory

Manufacturer testing on selected items

Coast Guard accredited laboratory

Manufacturer inspection on selected items

List of approved/certified products and

suppliers

Items are marked with Coast Guard approval

number.

Laboratory listing or classification

marking reguired on some items.

Publication "Equipment Lists" (U.S. Coast

Guard COMDTINST M16714.3A) available for sale

through Government Printing Office, order

number 0 50-012-00 212-6.

Manufacturer is required to produce

approved item exactly as described in

approved plans. Some recordkeeping

required.

Delisting. Civil and criminal penalties

are also available in certain cases.

Five years. Renewal generally available

on request.

None

33 CFR 159.15 and 46CFR 160-164 define

applicable requirements and criteria.

marine safety; marine pollution

prevention; recreational boats; commercial vessels; equipment;

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Products or

Services

Motor Vehicle Safety

Department /Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentat ion

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

400 Seventh St. SW.

,

Washington, D.C. 20590

(202) 426-2829

1966

Mandatory

National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act

of 1966 as amended

Regulate design, construction, and performance of motor vehicles to protect the public

against unreasonable risk of injury in

accidents.

Reduction of traffic accidents, and deaths and

injuries resulting from traffic accidents.

Program administrator

Pre-market evaluation

Government audit

Manufacturer self-certification

Government laboratories

Government

Authorized label by manufacturer

The agency maintains lists of vehicle and

equipment manufacturers who have undertaken

product recalls for the purpose of achieving

compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety

Standards

.

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Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Manufacturers must inform the Agency, owners

purchasers, and dealers of known defects and

the plans to correct the defect (s).

Marketing ban

Product recall

Indefinite

Other Federal agencies

State agencies

Private sector organizations may be paid

contractors to the agency for detection of

of defects or compliance research

Agency prepares criteria documents.

automobiles; trucks? shoolbuses; motor

vehicle equipment; used vehicles; compliance

safety; product recall; labelling;

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Products or

Services

Department /Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Packaging of Hazardous Materials for Export

U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT)

Research and Special Programs Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Regulation

Materials Transportation Bureau

Washington, DC 20590

(202) 426-2075

March 13, 1985

Voluntary

49 U.S.C. 1804, 1805, 1808; 49 CFR 1.53;

Appendix A to Part 1 Designate third-party testing agencies

through which shippers and container manufacturers may demonstrate conformance of packaging

designs with United Nations (U.N. ) standards.

Enhance the use of U.S. packaging in international transportation and facilitate the

ability of U.S. companies to compete in export

markets

.

Program administrator and National

Competent Authority in accordance with U.N.

Recommendat ions

Pre-market ing evaluation

Materials Transportation Bureau (MTB) designates third-party approval agencies to

evaluate and issue approval certificates for

intermodal portable tanks and certifications

of conformance for other types of packaging.

Testing by third-party, manufacturers, and

shippers labs is permitted if acceptable to

the approval agencies.

Subsequent inspection of packaging is not

part of this program.

Certificates are provided to shippers and/or

manufacturers by approval agencies.

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Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Designation of an approval agency to issue

certificates may be withdrawn for failure to

abide by requirements of the program.

Indefinite

Certification in accordance with U.N. Recommendations is intended to avoid acceptance

testing and packaging approval in each country

which might have such requirements.

Standards set forth in the U.N. Recommendations (Transport of Dangerous Goods), and

Department of Transportation requirements

listed as 49 CFR, Part 171, Subchapter C.

transportation; hazardous materials; packaging;

containers; export; international; approval agencies

United Nations; National Competent Authority;

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Products or

Services

Packaging of Radioactive Materials for

Transport

Department /Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentation

U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT)

Research and Special Programs Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Regulation

400 7th St. , NW.

Washington, DC 20590

(202) 436-2311

1975

49 U.S.C. 1803, 1808 as amended

49 CFR 173. 465-. 469

Mandatory

To provide packaging for radioactive materials

which maintains integrity under mild (Type A)

or severe (Type B) fault conditions.

Transport of radioactive materials is

accomplished with minimum radiation exposure

to personnel.

Certifier

Pre-market evaluation

Government design approval, inspection, and

validation of test data submitted by manufacturer

based on own or third-party tests.

Third-party or manufacturer's lab

Government or third-party

Mark on packaging authorized by agency, known

as Competent Authority within International

Atomic Energy Agency acceptance

scheme

.

Lists of approved manufacturers maintained in

each country. Packaging of certain radioactive

materials reguires acceptance by Competent

Authority in both shipping and receiving

countries

.

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Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Maintain specified quality control records,

cooperate in investigation of any package

fai lures

,

Enforcement Marketing ban

Product recall

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Indefinite, Certification is based on

prototype acceptance.

Type A packaging for domestic use accepted by

other Federal, State, and private organizations.

Type B packaging for international use subtype U

(unilateral) accepted with mark from one

country.

Subtype M (multilateral) reguires mark from

sending and receiving countries and transit

countries for certain materials.

Agency establishes reguirements and

procedures

.

fissile material; packaging; radioactive

material; package approval; guality assurance;

transportation; domestic; international; IAEA;

safety

;

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Products or

Services

Department/Agency

Pipelines for Hazardous Fluids

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentat ion

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

fnt of Transportation (DoT)

Special Programs Administration

;ardous Materials Regulation

U.S. Departme

Research and opetjxa

Office of Hazardous

400 7th Street, NW.

Washington, DC 20590

(202) 426-2392

1968

Mandatory

49 U.S.C. 1803-1809

To provide a mechanism for regulating the

installation and maintenance of pipelines for

the transportation of hazardous materials.

Safety record of such pipelines in the United

States meets expectations.

Program administrator

Pre-installation review with periodic test on

safety eguipraent throughout the useful life of

the pipeline.

Third-party certification: welder and plastic

pipe assemblers. Manufacturer self-certification

valves, pressure-limiting devices, and overall

installation to specified standards.

Manufacturer or third-party

Third-party

Lists of gualified welders/installers and

approved installations are published.

Certification of Welders by American Welding

Society; comparable program by installing

contractor may be acceptable to DoT.

List of approved pipelines kept by DoT.

Owner of pipeline is responsible for annual

tests of pressure limiting devices and for

reports on all accidents related to the use of

the pipeline. Accidents involving deaths are

investigated by the National Transportation

Safety Board.

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Enforcement

Term

Delisting; individual welders or installers may

be required to undergo additional training; faulty

valves or limiting devices may have to be

replaced; pipeline could be decommissioned

temporarily.

Pressure limiting devices must be inspected on

an approximate annual cycle, not to exceed 17

month intervals.

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Approved pipelines are not regulated by any

other Federal or State agency or private

organization.

Agency mainly adopts standards of other

organizations.

pipelines; hazardous materials; certified

welder; qualified plastic pipe assembler;

pressure-limiting devices; maintenance; safety;

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Products or

Services

Railway Tank Cars

(includes pressurized, non-pressurized,

multi unit, and cryogenic types)

Department/Agency U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT)

Research and Special Programs Administration

Office of Hazardous Platerials Regulation

400 Seventh Street, SW.

Washington, DC 20590

(202) 426-2075

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

1965 (couplers subject to approval after

1977)

Mandatory

49 CFR 179.100-400

To provide safe and reliable tank cars for

transport of hazardous materials.

Certification minimizes the risk of leakage

or rupture of tanks, inadeguacy of couplers,

and the improper use of tanks for designated

materials

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Program administrator

Pre-market evaluation

Third-party certification; Association of

American Railroads (AAR) provides design

approval of couplers which is accepted by DoT

under this regulation.

Testing Third-party lab

Inspection Third-party

Conformity Direct marking on tanks

Identification Certificates of construction issued by

Agency.

Availability Certificates of construction are kept by

of Documentation Agency and AAR.

Obligations of Manufacturer is obligated to use approved

Manufacturer/ welders during construction.

Vendor

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Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Delisting or product recall if defects

can be repaired.

Certification is essentially indefinite.

Other Federal agencies

State agencies

Private sector organizations

Canadian government

Agency adopts standards of other

organizations and provides integrating

reguirements

.

Keywords railroads; hazardous materials; design

approval; witness testing; welder certification; railway car couplers;
Products or Rear End Marking Devices for Passenger,

Services Commuter and Freight Trains

Department/Agency U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

Office of Standards and Procedures

400 Seventh Street, SW.

Washington, DC 20590

(202) 426-0897

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

1978

Mandatory

Sec. 202, 84 Stat. 971, 45 U.S.C. 431 and

49 CFR 1.49(n)

Aim To alleviate the potential for rear end

collisions by requiring use of marking devices

which have characteristics that assure visibility under adverse conditions encountered in

service.

Benefits Rear end collisions have decreased since

implementation of this certification program.

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Conformity

Identification

Program administrator and certifier

Review of self-certification submitted by

rai Iways.

Review of test data submitted by device

manufacturers or railways.

Publication of Lists of Approved Rear End

Marking Devices. Currently twenty devices

produced by six manufacturers are listed.

Testing to demonstrate compliance is

accomplished by manufacturers and railways in

their labs or independent labs that meet

specified gualif ications. Railways submit a certificate signed by the chief operating

officer that devices used on the railway

system have been tested and comply with the

FRA standard or are devices included in FRA's

list of approved devices.

Inclusion on FRA list of approved devices

Availability of 49 CFR, Part 221, Appendix B

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Obligation of

Manufacturer

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Produce devices that are the same as

samples tested for original approval.

Civil penalties ranging from $250 to

$2500 for each violation. Each day of each

violation constitutes a separate offense.

Indefinite

Recognition by State regulators as

minimum requirements.

Guidelines for Testing of FRA Rear End

Marking Devices.

Keywords lights; reflectors; strobe; photometric;

color imetric ; qualified laboratory; railroad;

railway; transportation; safety;
Products or

Services

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Availability of

Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Enforcement

Shipboard Navigational Aides

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)

Coast Guard

Waterways Safety Branch (G-WWM-1)

Washington, D.C. 20593

(202) 426-1940

January 1985

Mandatory

CFR Title 33 Chapter 164

Port and Tanker Safety Act of 1978

To improve the standard of collision

avoidance at sea.

Awareness and performance of observers is

enhanced through automatically acquired

information.

Program administrator

Pre-market evaluation

Manufacturer self-certification

Manufacturer ' s laboratory

Government

Authorized label by manufacturer

No lists of conforming products are published.

Conformity obligations rest on the equipment

user who must perform and document tests

specified in Coast Guard regulations.

Product recall (i.e. user would be required

to replace equipment not in compliance)

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Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Indefinite term

Other Federal agencies

Foreign government agencies

International organizations

Agency adopts standards prepared by the

International Maritime Organization and the

U.S. Maritime Administration,

automatic radar plotting aids; speed indicators; gyro compasses; bearing encoders;

collision avoidance systems; steering gear;

alarms; loran receivers; depth sounding

devices

;

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Products or

Services

Department /Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Shipping Containers

U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT)

Coast Guard

Merchant Vessel Inspection Division

Office of Merchant Marine Safety

Washington, DC 20593

(202) 426-4431

1977

Mandatory

International Safe Container Act

Provide procedures to certify containers as conforming to the International Convention for Safe

Containers.

International transport of containers is safer.

Program administrator and enforcement agency

Container must be certified before it can be

entered into international traffic.

Third-party certification

Manufacturer or owner and Certifying Authority

witness tests for container design type approval.

Containers must display a safety approval

plate from the Certifying Authority in the

country of registry.

List of approved manufacturers may be

obtained from the Certifying Authority in

each signatory country. Coast Guard can identify

Certifying Authorities.

Owner and lessees are responsible for maintaining each container in a safe condition.

Enforcement Detention of unsafe and noncomplying containers.

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Term Individual containers and vehicles are

subiect to re-inspection every 30 months.

Reciprocity

Standards r Codes,

or Regulations

Certification is recognized by foreign governments and international organizations.

Standards are included in the International

Convention for Safe Containers, regulations

in 49 CFR Parts 450-453.

Keywords cargo container; design approval; international;

Convention for Safe Containers; CSC; Approved

Continuous Examination; ACEP;

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Products or

Services

Department /Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benef its

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Special Tanks for Transportation of

Hazardous Materials

U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT)

Research and Special Programs Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Regulation

400 7th Street, NW.

Washington, DC 20590

(202) 426-2075

1964

Mandatory

49 CFR 178.270-272

(special category reauthorized by PL 93-633)

To provide a uniform means for assuring the

reliability of containers for shipping

designated hazardous materials.

Materials are transported safely and

efficiently and personal injuries due to

container failure are minimized.

Program administrator

Pre-market evaluation

Government design approval

Third-party certification

Third-party or manufacturer's lab

Third-party

Authorized mark applied by manufacturer

Agency maintains list of firms authorized

to manufacture such tanks.

Manufacturer must maintain integrity of

design, guality control, and cooperate in

investigation of suspected faults.

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Enforcement Product recall

Delisting

Term

Reciprocity

Retest: user/owner to arrange ^or documented

visual inspection at 2 1/2 year intervals;

valves and pressure relief devices must be

retested at 2 1/2 year intervals; and complete

tank must be hydrotested every 5 years.

Other Federal and State agencies, private

organizations; Canadian government.

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Agency integrates standards from other sources

into program.

tanks; hazardous materials; transportation;

hydrotesting; quality control; safety;

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Products or

Services

Tanks for Transport of Hazardous Materials

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability of

Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT)

Research and Special Programs Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Regulation

400 Seventh St. , NW.

Washington, DC 20590

(202) 755-2075

1964

Mandatory

49 U.S.C. 1803-1809

49 CFR 173.32-34

To provide safe and reliable containers for

domestic shipment of hazardous materials.

Certification minimizes the risk of leakage or

rupture of tanks and the improper use of tanks

for designated materials.

Program administrator

Pre-market evaluation

(Certain types of tanks in use at time

regulation went into effect which were made to

specific standards of the Association of

American Railroads were approved).

Manufacturer self-certification

Manufacturer or third-party lab

Periodic inspection is performed by owner.

Certified tanks are identified by marking as

specified in the regulation.

Agency maintains lists of manufacturers of

certified tanks by type.

Manufacturer must maintain design control and

submit design changes for approval.

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Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Marketing ban (also extends to distributors).

Tanks must be hydrotested every five years and

documented inspection performed every 2 1/2

years; safety relief valves must be tested at 2

1/2-year intervals to maintain certification.

Other Federal agencies and State agencies,

private organizations and Canada.

Agency adopts standards from other

organizations and provides integrating

material

.

portable tanks; hazardous materials; design

approval; hydrotest ing ; witness testing;

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Products or

Services

Electronic Fund Transfer Authentication Devices

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Assistant Secretary for Electronic Systems

and Information Technology

15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington, DC 20220

(202) 566-2200

1984

Mandatory for all Government bureaus that

receive or send funds or securities electronically through the U.S. Treasury.

U.S. Treasury Directive 81-80

Assure that equipment which authenticates electronic fund transfers complies with designated

standards to minimize exploitation of Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) Systems.

It is a major milestone toward unifying the

protection and audit of the billions of dollars

transferred electronically every day.

Program Administrator and certifier: Treasury

Standard compliance: National Bureau of Standards

(NBS), Institute for Computer Sciences and

Technology.

Security evaluation guidance: National Security

Agency (NSA).

Pre-market evaluation

Assessment prior to government purchase

Testing by NBS and NSA

NBS Institute for Computer Sciences and

Technology and NSA

Treasury

A list of certified equipment and software is

maintained by Department of the Treasury.

133
Availability

of Documentation

Obligations of

Manufacturer/

Vendor

Enforcement

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

List and other technical documentation

available from Department of Treasury Assistant

Secretary, Electronic Systems and Information

Technology

.

Comply with criteria.

Delisting

Indefinite term

None

Federal Information Processing Standard

(FIPS) 46, Fed Std 1027, ANSIX9.9 and X9.17.

Criteria documents are coordinated by Treasury.

communications security; electronic fund

transfer; EFT; encryption standard; validation; interface requirements; computer

security; cryptography; authentication devices;

financial;

134
Products Automotive Driving Aids and Automatic

Wheelchair Lifts

Department /Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Veterans Administration

Prosthetic & Sensory Aids Service (121)

810 Vermont Avenue, NW.

Washington, DC 20420

(202) 389-2011

Driving aids, March 27, 1975; wheelchair

lifts May 10, 1978.

Mandatory only for purchases funded by

the Veterans Administration (VA).

Public Law 91-666

Provide quality equipment and assure

safety of veteran passengers and drivers

as well as the general public.

Since developing the Quality Products

List for hand controls and van lifts, 27

out of 36 manufacturers of these units

have been assisted by the VA in improving

the quality of their products.

Establishment of standards has fostered

compet it ion.

Certification is made by the VA sponsored

Automobile Adaptive Equipment Committee.

Assessment prior to government purchase

Compliance is assured by Government

test inq/inspect ion or third-party Government

approved certification, and manufacturers'

self -cert if icat ion.

Testing Testing results are accepted from Government laboratories. Government approved

labs, third-party labs and manufacturers'

labs

135
Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Government

Listing in VA Circular 10-84-214.

Currently, 15 wheelchair lift companies

and 12 hand control suppliers are certif ied.

The VA Quality Products List, DM&S Circular 10-84-214, dated December 17, 1984

lists certified suppliers of wheelchair

lift sytems. Hand control suppliers are

included in the January 1985 compliance

list.

Testing of new products is on-going.

Listings are updated annually.

Certification by other agencies is

accepted when current standards are

applied.

Federal Register, Vol, 40, No, 65 - April 3, 1975, defines standards for

driving aides.

Requirements for wheelchair lifts are

specified in Federal Register, Vol. 43,

No. 96 - May 17, 1978,

adaptive equipment; hand controls;

prosthetic aids, driving aids; automotive; wheelchair lifts; safety; quality;

136
Products Self Propelled and Motorized Wheelchairs

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Authority

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Testing

Veterans Administration

Prosthetic & Sensory Aids Service (121)

810 Vermont Avenue, NW.

Washington, DC 20420

(202) 389-2011

Self propelled wheelchairs, December 7,

1977; motorized wheelchairs, December 15,

1981.

Mandatory only for purchases funded by

the Veterans Administration (VA).

Title 38 use 4101(c) (2)

Avoid hazardous conditions for disabled

persons caused by inferior products.

Product quality and safety has improved

and competition has increased. Federal

Supply Schedule Contracts have been

established to enforce compliance.

Certification is made by the VA sponsored

Prosthetic Technology Equipment Committee.

Assessment prior to Government purchase

Compliance is assured when made by

Government testing/inspection or thirdparty Government approved certification,

and manufacturers' self-certification.

Testing results are accepted from Government laboratories. Government approved

labs, third-party labs and manufacturers'

labs

137
Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Government

Ten VA propelled wheelchair suppliers and

two motorized wheelchair suppliers are

currently listed.

The General Services Administration's

(GSA) Federal Supply Schedule for wheelchairs provides particulars.

Testing of new products is on-going.

Listings are updated annually and GSA

contracts are negotiated annually.

Certification by other agencies is

accepted when current standards are

applied.

Federal Register, Vol. 42, No. 239 - December 13, 1977, defines standards for

self propelled wheelchairs. Reguirements

for motorized wheelchairs are specified

in Federal Register, Vol. 46, No. 240 - December 15, 1981.

prosthetic aids; wheelchairs; safety;

guality

;

138
Products or

Services

Department/Agency

Initiated

Compliance

Aim

Benefits

Agency Function

Type of Program

Methodology

Inspection

Conformity

Identification

Availability

of Documentation

Enforcement

Tests and Procedures Performed

by Veterans Administration Medical Center

Laboratories

Veterans Administration

Pathology Service, Department of Medicine

and Surgery

810 Vermont Avenue, NW.

Washington, D.C. 20240

(202) 389-2348

1970

Voluntary

Standardization and uniformity in

laboratory test performance throughout

the 204 clinical laboratories, 44 nuclear

medicine laboratories, 144 special purpose

laboratories of the Veterans Administration

system.

Improved quality of care for patients.

Peer-reviewed process provides crosseducational benefits for all laboratories.

Certifier and program administrator

Quality control

Physician peer review

Third-party certification - College of

American Pathologists (CAP)

Third-party

Authorized certificate by third-party - College of American Pathologists

Maintained by Pathology Service and

local laboratories, and at CAP.

Pathology Service, Veterans Administration

Central Office

139
Term

Reciprocity

Standards, Codes,

or Regulations

Keywords

Indefinite term

Recognition of certification by Joint

Council of American Hospitals.

College of American Pathologists

Laboratory Accreditation Program (CAPLAP).

pathology; clinical laboratories? nuclear

medicine

;

140
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INDEX BY PRODUCT OR SERVICE CERTIFIED

PRODUCT PAGE

ADDITIVES, COLOR 63

ADHESIVES 61

AFTERMARKET PARTS 47

AGRICULTURAL SAFETY 95

AIR SAMPLERS 83

AIR TREATMENT FACILITIES 45

AIRCRAFT . 105

AIRCRAFT ENGINES 105

ALCOHOL TESTERS, BREATH 101

ANIMAL FEED 71

ANTIBIOTICS 69

APPLICATORS OF PESTICIDE 53

AUTHENTICATION DEVICES, ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER 13 3

AUTOMOBILE EMISSIONS 47, 51

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES 51

AUTOMOBILE PARTS & EQUIPMENT 47, 113

AUTOMOBILES 113

AUTOMOTIVE DRIVING AIDES 135

AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY 113

AVIATION WEATHER OBSERVERS 3 5

AVIONICS 105

BEEF .13

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PRODUCT PAGE

BOATS, RECREATIONAL Ill

BREATH ALCOHOL TESTERS 101

BREATHING APPARATUS 83

BROADCAST EQUIPMENT 55

BUILDING PRODUCTS 85

BUTTER 9

CABINETS, FILING 61

CALIBRATION, INSTRUMENT 31, 101

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT, MARITIME 95, 97

CARPET 85

CHEESE 9

CHEMICALS 41, 53

CHICKENS 17

CLAMS 33,77

CLINICAL LABORATORY TESTS 139

CLOTHING 39

COAL DUST SAMPLERS 83

COLOR ADDITIVES 63

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 15, 55

COMPUTER INTERFACES 29

COMPUTERS 55

CONSTRUCTION SAFETY 9 5

CONSUMER PRODUCTS 37

CONTAINERS, CARGO 115, 127

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PRODUCr PAGE

CONTAINERS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS 99, 117

COUPLERS, RAILWAY TANK CARS 121

CRANES 97

CYLINDERS FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS . .103

DAIRY PRODUCTS 9

DATA PROCESSING INTERFACES 29

DERRICKS 97

DENTAL INSTRUMENTS & DEVICES 81

DEVICES, MARINE SANITATION Ill

DIVING SAFETY 95

DOORS 85

DOORS, VAULT 61

DRIVING AIDS, AUTOMOTIVE 135

DRINKING WATER 49

DRUGS FOR ANIMALS 71

DRUGS FOR HUMANS 67, 69

EGGS & EGG PRODUCTS .17

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS 1 5 , 43 , 55 , 91 , 93

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS 15, 43, 55, 65, 105

ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER AUTHENTICATION DEVICES 133

ELECTRONIC RADIATION 55, 65

EMISSIONS, AUTO 47, 51

ENGINES, AIRCRAFT 105

143
PRODUCT PAGE

ENGINES, GASOLINE & DIESEL 51, 91

EQUIPMENT, AIRCRAFT. 105

EQUIPMENT, CARGO HANDLING 95, 97

EQUIPMENT, ELECTRIC 15, 55, 93

EQUIPMENT, MOTOR VEHICLE 113

EQUIPMENT FOR MINES 83, 91, 93

EQUIPMENT, OFFICE 55, 61

EQUIPMENT SAFETY 61, 83, 95, 111

EQUIPMENT, TELEPHONE 15, 55

EXHAUST EMISSIONS 47, 51, 91

FABRICS 39

FACTORY-BUILT HOUSING AND COMPONENTS 87

FILING CABINETS 61

FIRE PROTECTION 95

PISH, FRESH 73

PISH, PROCESSED 33

FISSILE MATERIAL PACKAGING 99, 117

PLAMMABILITY 39, 41

POOD 9, 11, 13, 17, 21, 33, 63, 73, 77

POOD FOR ANIMALS 71

FOOD FOR INFANTS 79"

FOOD, FROZEN 23

FOOD INSPECTION PERSONNEL 75

FOOD, PERISHABLE 23

144
PRODUCT PAGE

FOOD, TRANSPORTATION 23

FRESH FISH 73

FRESH FRUIT 11

FRESH SEAFOOD 73, 77

FRESH VEGETABLES 11

FROZEN SHELLFISH 77

FRUIT, FRESH 11

FRUIT, PROCESSED 21

FURNISHINGS, INTERIOR 37

GAS MASKS 83

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, CONTAINERS 103, 115, 121, 129, 131

& PACKAGING

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES 41, 53, 95

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS 37

HOUSING, MANUFACTURED 87

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY 95

INFANT FORMULA 79

INPUT /OUTPUT CHANNEL INTERFACES 29

INSECTICIDE APPLICATORS 53

INSTRUMENTS, MEASURING 27, 31

INSULIN 67

INTERFACES, INFORMATION PROCESSING EQUIPMENT 29

JOB SAFETY 95

LAMPS, MERCURY VAPOR 65

145
PRODUCT ^ PAGE

LAMPS, SUN 65

LASERS 65

LEGAL METROLOGY 27

LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT Ill

LIFTS, WHEELCHAIR 135

LIGHTS, REAR END, RAILWAY TRAINS 123

LIVESTOCK 13

LONGSHORING SAFETY 95, 97

MACHINERY SAFETY 95

MANUFACTURED HOUSING & COMPONENTS 87

MARINE POLLUTION EQUIPMENT Ill

MARINE SAFETY EQUIPMENT Ill

MARINE TERMINAL SAFETY 95, 97

MARITIME CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT 95, 97

MATERIALS 15, 43, 61, 105

MEASURING INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION 31

MEASURING INSTRUMENT EVALUATION 27

MEDICAL DEVICES & EQUIPMENT 81

MEDICAL LABORATORY TESTS 139

MEDICAL SERVICES 95

MEDICINE 67, 69

MICROWAVE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 15, 55

MICROWAVE OVENS 65

146
PRODUCT PAGE

MILITARY COMPONENTS 43

MINING MACHINES 91, 93

MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINES 51

MOTOR VEHICLES 113

MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIRS 113

MUSSELS 77

NAVAL STORES 25

NAVIGATION AIDES 125

NUCLEAR PACKAGES AND CONTAINERS 99, 117

NUTS 11

OBSERVER, WEATHER 35

OYSTERS 61

PACKAGES FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS 99, 117

PACKAGING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 103, 115, 121, 129, 131

PADLOCKS 61

PAINTS 61

PARTS 15, 43, 61, 105

PATHOLOGY TESTS 139

PERISHABLE FOOD TRANSPORTATION 2 3

PESTICIDE APPLICATORS 53

PET FOOD 71

PIPE ASSEMBLERS. . 119

147
PRODUCT PAGE

PIPELINES 119

POLLUTION CONTROL 45, 47, 51, 89, 111

PORK 13

POULT RY 17

PROCESSED FISH 33

PROCESSED FRUIT 21

PROCESSED SEAFOOD 3 3

PROCESSED VEGETABLES 21

PROSTHETIC AIDS 135

PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 61, 83, 95

QUALIFIED PRODUCTS LISTS 43, 61

RABBITS 17

RADAR OBSERVATION 35

RADIO FREQUENCY GENERATORS 55, 65

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL PACKAGES & CONTAINERS 99, 117

RADIOACTIVITY 41 , 99

RADIOS 55

RAILWAY CARS, REFRIGERATED 23

RAILWAY TANK CARS 121

RAILWAY TRAIN REAR END MARKING DEVICES 123

RECEIVERS, RADIO 55

RECEIVERS, TELEVISION 55, 65

RECREATIONAL BOATS Ill

148
PRODUCT PAGE

RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS 37

REFLECTORS, RAILWAY TRAINS 123

REFRIGERATED RAILWAY CARS 23

REFRIGERATED VEHICLES 23

RESPIRATORS 83

ROSIN 25

SAFES 61

SAFETY & RELIEF VALVES 89

SAFETY EQUIPMENT 61, 83, 111

SANITATION DEVICES, MARINE . Ill

SCHOOL PRODUCTS 37

SCHOOLBUSES 113

SEAFOOD, FRESH 73

SEAFOOD, PROCESSED 33

SELF PROPELLED WHEELCHAIRS 137

SHELLFISH, FRESH 77

SHELLFISH, FROZEN 77

SHELLFISH, PROCESSED 33

SHIP SAFETY Ill

SHIPBOARD NAVIGATION AIDES ..... .125

SHIPPING CONTAINERS 115, 127

SHIPYARD SAFETY 95

SUNLAMPS 65

149
PRODUCT PAGE

VETERINARY MEDICINE 71

VISION 35

WATER QUALITY 45, 49

WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES 45

WEATHER OBSERVATION 3 5

WELDERS 119

WHEELCHAIR LIFTS 135

WHEELCHAIRS, MOTORIZED & SELF PROPELLED 137

WIRE ROPE 97

X-RAY EQUIPMENT 6 5

YACHTS Ill

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REPORT NO. SHEET (See instructions) NBS/SP-714 April 1986

4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE

Federal Government Certification Programs for Products and Services

5. AUTHOR(S)

Robert B. Toth, Editor

6. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION (If joint or other than NB5. see instructions)

R. B. Toth As-sOcfdte's

McTjean, VA 22101

7. Contract/Grant No,

8. Type of Report & Period Covered

Final

9. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION NAME AND COMPLETE ADDRESS (Street. City. State. ZIP)

National Bureau of Standards

Department of Commerce

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

10. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES

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11. ABSTRACT (A 200-word or less factual summary of most si gnificant information. If document includes a significant

bibliography or literature survey, mention it here)

This directory presents information on 61 U.S. Government certification programs for

products and services. Entries describe the scope and nature of each certification

program, testing and inspection practices, standards used, methods of identification

and enforcement, reciprocal recognition or acceptance of certification, and other

relevant details.

This directory is part of an ongoing NBS effort to establish and maintain a comprehensive database on standards, regulations, certification programs and related

information. This material has been compiled to meet the needs of government,

industry, and the public for information on U.S. Government certification programs in

accordance with the requirements of the U.S. Trade Agreements Act of 1979.

12. KEY WORDS fS/x to twelve entries; alphabetical order; capitalize only proper names; and separate key words by semicolons)

approved products; certification; certifiers; grading; inspection; listing; premarket

evaluation; qualification; qualified products; specifications; standards; testing

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