Certification listing
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A certification .
Description
A certification
Organizations
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Certification listings are issued by organizations that are usually nationally
Such organizations include
Documentation
After testing, the testing laboratory issues a confidential test report to the manufacturer.
If the product passes the testing required for certification, the items in the test that passed are given a certification listing, which describes the product(s) that were tested, the application, and maximum and minimum tolerances for all components. Certification listings are short versions and interpretations of the test results. A certification listing indicates that the test has been properly conducted, the tested systems passed, and that a follow-up agreement is in effect between the manufacturer or submitter and the certifier. In the event that irregularities are discovered on the part of the manufacturer - substitutions of cheaper ingredients or components, deliberate or inadvertent irregularities, or an ingredient or component of a tested system which is no longer be available has been substituted - the listing can be de-activated and the manufacturer asked to remove all logos of the certifier from product literature, promotional materials, packaging, etc.
Accredited testing and certification organizations
- Canada:
- Accreditation: Standards Council of Canada
- Accreditation: ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB)
- Accreditation: A2LA
- Accreditation: International Accreditation Service (IAS)
- Certification and Testing: Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada
- Certification and Testing: Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
- Certification and Testing: Safety Equipment Institute (SEI)
- Certification and Testing: Intertek
- Germany:
- Accreditation and Approvals: Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik (DIBt)
- United States
- Accreditation: Standards Council of Canada
- Accreditation: ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB)
- Accreditation: A2LA
- Accreditation: International Accreditation Service (IAS)
- Testing and Certification: Underwriters Laboratories [1]
- Testing and Certification: Intertek [2]
- Testing and Certification: Safety Equipment Institute (SEI)
- Testing and Certification: Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
See also
- Product certification
- Fire door
- Fire test
- Fire-resistance rating
- Passive fire protection
- Fire protection
References
External links
- German Building Product Approvals – Online Directory
- DIBt treatise on certification listings (approvals)
- DIBt accreditation of certification and testing organisations in Germany
- National Standards System (NSS) Roadmap, by The Standards Council of Canada (scc.ca)
- ANSI Directory of Accredited Product Certification Bodies, Applicants and Suspended Certification Bodies
- ANSI treatise why one should seek accreditation
- Online Certifications Directory from Underwriters Laboratories
- Online ULC Certifications Directory
- ULC Glossary on Certification, Listings and Approvals
- Catalog of Compostable Products Certified by the Biodegradable Products Institute
- FM Approvals, a member of the FM Global Group
- Online Certified Listing Directory