Safety standards

Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities and processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. In October 2021, a fire raging through multiple floors of a diplated apartment block in Kaoshiung highlighted the lax standards in Taiwan. China has recently experienced trouble with some of the post listed associations.

Acts

• Canada Consumer Product Safety Act
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Act

See also

• Consumer protection
• Bicycle safety
• China compulsory certification
• Injury prevention
• Public administration
• Road safety
• Standards organization
• Testing organizations
  • Baseefa (UK)
  • Canadian Standards Association (Canada)
  • Technischer Überwachungsverein (Germany, UK, China & USA)
  • Underwriters Laboratories (USA)
• Toy safety
• Safety by design