Mandatory certification

Certification of NDT personnel is mandatory in Belarus and is realised in compliance with CTB EH 473-95. 

In 1938 a new law, the Federal Food, Dmg, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 (18), which instituted several new and important practices, was enacted. Fkst, it clearly stated that, henceforth, the use of any uncertified coal-tar color in any food, dmg, or cosmetic shipped in interstate commerce was stricdy forbidden. This restriction appHed regardless of the inherent toxicity of the colorant. In effect, the colorants that could be used were limited, certification became mandatory, and governmental control was extended to the coloring of dmgs and cosmetics. Next, it created three categories of coal-tar colors ... 

Although labels and certificates are mandatory, certification reports are not. It also depend on the kind of RM, whether such a report is of any relevance. For instance, for the certification of gas mixtures, a certification report would not usually... 

Signature/certification management - providing devices and mandatory scenarios for individuals to sign and certify what they submit. 

With Dunlap casting the deciding vote, the Board ruled in November that, under the law, other dyes could not and should not be forbidden unless the Bureau of Chemistry (i.e. Hesse) could present evidence that the dyes in question were harmful to human health. Considering the number of dyes on the market, this was tantamount to rejecting mandatory certification. Still, the decision reached was inescapable to one concerned, as McCabe was, with the text of the law as enacted. The statute only expressly prohibited poisonous color in confectionary, and under the general adulteration clause, prohibited any added ingredient which would render a food harmful to health. This was as far as McCabe would go. The question of moral propriety was simply not relevant. It was the duty of the executive branch to enforce the law ns enacted, and not to legislate (59) ... 

Over the years that followed, an overwhelming majority of the primary dyes used in food came from certified lots. Both the number of batches and the total pounds certified grew steadily over the life of the Wiley Act. Thus the voluntary certification plan worked reasonably well. With the enactment of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, food color certification became mandatory. Although somewhat modified, in response to changed scientific standards, by the Color Additive Amendment of 1960, Hesse s procedures remain today the basis of American regulatory policy. 

For all products in Classes Ila, lib and III, and AIMDs, a full quality assurance system, audited periodically by a notified body (Annex II of the MDD), which includes examination and certification by the notified body of the design dossier of each product covered. The manufacturer must keep documentation on the quality system and the design dossier of each product plus other documentation. The quality system obligations include post-marketing and vigilance aspects. Compliance with Annex II may be achieved (this is not mandatory but is invariably adopted voluntarily) by compliance with the EN 29000... 

The EMSL-Cincinnati conducts other PE studies under the USEPA Mandatory Quality Control Program for drinking water analysis certification and general water analysis. 

Recent regulatory developments at state, national and international level suggest that certification of products, according to their emissions, is expected to become mandatory across much of the developed world for building materials and related products. This will affect both manufacturers and importers. 

EN/IEC 61646 certification. The lateral resistance tends to increase, giving rise to fill factor losses. It is therefore mandatory to optimize ZnO preparation not only with respect to the as-grown properties but also by taking into account the degradation in damp heat (see Sect. 9.4). 

Even without certification or accreditation it is highly recommended to implement a number of quality assurance actions (they are mandatory for an accreditation) ... 

For the certification of aqua-regia soluble trace element contents, it was mandatory that the participants follow strictly the same extraction procedure. The digestion method used was the DIN standard (German Norm 38414-S7) which is based on the digestion of 3 g material with HCl/HNO, following a detailed protocol that is described elsewhere [3,5]. 

The final determination of the CBs was performed by capillary gas chromatography with electron capture detection mass spectrometry was used as complementary technique to confirm the identity of each of the CBs determined. Each participant had validated its method by performing experiments on recovery, extraction efficiency, procedure blanks and detector linearity. The seven individual CB calibrants were supplied to the participants as pure, crystalline CRMs from BCR (CRMs Nos. 291,293, 294,295, 296. 297 and 298). Each laboratory was requested to prepare separate calibration solutions of the appropriate concentration, in iso-octane, to calibrate the detector and lying within its linear range. The use of at least one internal standard was mandatory the participants, however, were left free to select the internal standard(s) best suited to their methods. They had to verify that the selected compounds did not occur in the candidate reference material or did not interfere with compounds present in the material. A series of pure dichlorobenzylalkyl ethers (DCBEs) was made available to the participants but other internal standards were also accepted of which the list is given in the certification report [21] along with additional details on calibration procedures. 

In Australia a formal verification protocol was developed with independent auditors. A company site is selected by the PACIA and the site is asked to nominate one of the auditors. Since 1995 some 104 self-assessments have been verified. A similar third-party certification process is currently being developed in the UK, and this became a mandatory requirement for CIA members at the end of 2000. 

The certificate of quality of a drug and means of medical technology is a mandatory health requirement17 and it confirms, for purposes of foreign trade, that... 

In the case of laboratories engaged in testing for antibiotic residues in food, it may be necessary to implement a quality system to meet contractual, statutory, or regulatory requirements, to comply with international regulations or agreements, or to achieve third-party certification or accreditation, which in some instances is mandatory under those international regulations or agreements (see Section 10.3.4). 

The safety requirements and constraints on the operators of the local water system were that they must apply adequate doses of chlorine to kill bacteria and must measure chlorine residuals. Stan Koebel, the WPUC manager, and Frank Koebel, its foreman, were not qualified to hold their positions within the WPUC. Before 1993, there were no mandatory certification requirements, and after 1993 they were certified through a grandfathering process based solely on experience. 

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