Trade associations, development

The Food Chemicals Codex. The Food Chemicals Codex is developed by the Committee on Pood Chemicals Codex, which is a part of the Pood and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, under a contract with the U.S. PDA. The Committee has the responsibihty for the development and revision of the PCC. To meet this responsibiUty, the Committee also contacts manufacturers, trade associations, and other knowledgeable parties to obtain comments and criticisms of monographs proposed by the committee. Broader pubHc input is sought by pubhcation, by the PDA in the FederalFegister, of current committee activity regarding new and revised monographs proposed for inclusion in the PCC. 

PhRMA is a trade association of over 100 research-based pharmaceutical companies. For membership a company must manufacture and market finished dosage-form products under its own brand names and must conduct a significant amount of research and development in the United States. 

A nonprofit professional and trade association sendng those engaged in the research, testing, measurement and remediation of radon. Formulates and promulgates measurement and remediation standards develops educational programs for the public and the radon profession seeks to enhance the remediation of radon. 

Trade association of manufacturers, marketers, formula-tors, and suppliers of household, industrial, and personal care products. Acts as a clearinghouse for legislative and scientific developments that affect potentially toxic products used in the home and businesses. 

The DfE partnership will develop information to improve the understanding of the environmental and human health impacts of new and current materials that can be used to meet the fire safety requirements for circuit boards. Project partners include electronics manufacturers, component and board manufacturers, chemical companies, trade associations, environmental groups, universities and governments. The project will consider environmental and human health impacts that can occur throughout the life cycle of a material, from development and manufacture, through product use and end of life of the material or product. Stakeholders have expressed a particular interest in understanding the combustion products that could be formed during certain end of life scenarios. The list of active partners includes ... 

Many companies, as well as industry insurers, trade associations, and standards organizations, have developed specific criteria for spacing between plants, buildings, equipment, and property lines. These criteria are meant to reduce the impact of explosions or fires on major equipment and facilities, including adjacent units and buildings. Table 1.2 illustrates the wide variations of spacing criteria that are suggested. 

As you can see, during the regulatory development of TSCA, the chemical industry has been alert to the practical impacts of the law and its ensuing regulations. Representatives of individual manufacturers, CMA and other trade associations, have participated at every opportunity to provide EPA with the factual data it requires and to show the practical implications of its proposals in order to prevent EPA from over-extending its power beyond its statutory authority. CMA has asked EPA to be more sensitive to the impact of these regulatory requirements on innovation and other economic aspects of this i ndus try. 

The first variation to be approved was the American Organic Standard, a private sector standard for North America developed in 2003 by the industry through the Organic Trade Association (lOAS 2003). 

In some cases, the standards developed by the trade associations, instead of the standards-making bodies, are included within the codes. However, such types of standards are frowned upon in recent years and it is rare that they are newly included. They are, however, often grandfathered (i.e., allowed to remain because they have been in the relevant code or in its predecessor for years). Such standards must still comply with some consensus rules, and many of them tend to be eventually replaced by standards issued by the major standards development organizations. 

Organizations such as FM Global and ULs compete with the broader-based standards development organizations (ASTM and NFPA) in developing some fire tests. However, in many cases, these tests are being replaced by those from ASTM and/or NFPA. A number of trade associations also develop test methods, but these are being replaced. Appendix A contains the key fire test standards from ASTM, NFPA, and UL. 

This trade association supports the chlor-alkali industry by fostering continuous improvements to safety, the protection of human health, and the environment, with regards to production of caustic soda, chlorine, and related products. The Chlorine Institute provides numerous technical safety and engineering pamphlets that are developed by leaders within the industry and also focuses on regulatory and legislative matters. 

The American Spice Trade Association (ASTA) (12). adopted, in 196B, an official method (21.0) for pungency evaluation for capsicum, which appears to be an adaptation of procedures then in use by some flavour houses. These methods were probably developed as a routine quality control procedure, on samples obtained usually... 

Apart from competing for markets, developing country producers and exporters face many challenges, including that of quality issues. Spice exports are subject to strict quality standards for food safety set by the American Spice Trade Association (ASTA) and the European Spice Association (ESA). Demand is growing for high quality and processed spices. This trend for value-added products offers new business opportunities in the spice trade. 

In response to these developments, the Organic Trade Association in the US has once more returned to developing its own independent national standards. A third draft of the American Organic Standards is being prepared at the time of writing. The aims of the American Organic Standards, as stated in draft 2 (September 1999), are to ... 

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