ISO PC 240 Product Recall Update International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization Annual Meeting and Training Symposium. February 15-18, Normand Breton, P.Eng., General Manager, Product Safety

2 Overview of Topics What is ISO doing What are the links to any other relevant initiatives Participating Countries How can someone participate and where can someone get more info Timelines Questions

3 ISO project committee (ISO/PC 240) is currently in process of developing an International Standard which targets providing a code of good practice for establishing, implementing and managing efficient, flexible and responsive consumer product recall programmes including corrective actions. ISO/PC 240 committee resolved to harmonize efforts with other ISO committees developing standards for consumer product safety (ISO/PC 243), anti- counterfeiting (ISO/PC 246) and combating fraud (ISO/TC 247). ISO PC 240

The committee extended a call for interested parties wishing to participate (through the ISO member of their respective country). At present there is 13 countries who participate in ISO/PC 240, and an additional eight have observer status. The first meeting took place in May 2009, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and a second meeting was held in Seoul South Korea in November

Participating Countries Argentina(IRAM) Barbados National Standards Institution Brazil (ABNT) Canada (SCC) Chile (INN) Colombia (ICONTEC) Egypt (EOS) Italy (UNI) Japan (JISC) Korea, Republic of (KATS) Romania(ASRO) South Africa (SABS)

6 Contact Information Additional information can be found at: Contact information: Secretary: Mrs. Ratna Devi Nadarajan Department of Standards Malaysia Chairperson: Dr. Kyungok Huh (Korea, Republic of)

ISO PC 240 Publication target : November 2012 for the new standard (ISO 10393). Next meeting: joint PC 240 and PC 243 in Geneva tentatively set for April 28th - April 30 th,

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