As of October 2018 our products were recertified to the updated BETA 2018 standard. Since then all of our body products have been made with the updated labelling. As with all body protectors, the protective foam elements do gradually degrade over a number of years. After a 3-5 year period there is a significant change in impact performance and we can no longer guarantee it is providing the intended level of protection. This is why body protector brands and BETA recommend replacing your body protector every 3-5 years and why the BETA 2009 standard has been removed from competition requirements 5 years after the 2018 standard was introduced.