- ISO 10393:2013 provides practical guidance to suppliers on consumer product recalls and other corrective actions after the merchandise has left the manufacturing facility. Other corrective actions include, but aren't limited to, refunds, retrofit, repair, replacement, disposal and public notification. there's a good sort of products available to consumers within the global marketplace.
- Products routinely travel across borders so as to satisfy increasing consumer demand as suppliers seek to lower cost and expand markets. While many products are safe and fit intended use, statistics show that, each year, many people suffer injuries or illness, or die from unsafe products. Safe and fit intended use, problems associated with design flaws, manufacturing defects, inadequate warnings or instructions still end in unsafe products entering the marketplace.
- In those instances, it's critical that corrective actions, which include recall, are administered quickly and effectively. Although many countries have regulatory requirements and guidance for suppliers to conduct product recalls, many don't . Even in countries with well-developed requirements, recalls could also be ineffective.
- As a result, there are inconsistencies within the approaches to product recall and other corrective actions, and products that pose health or safety risks to consumers remain within the marketplace. This International Standard is meant to supply practical guidance in determining whether corrective actions, including recalls, got to be administered by the supplier of consumer products. It also provides best practices for conducting a product recall if it's necessary.
- The guidance provides information and tools that suppliers of all sizes can use to develop a documented and validated product recall programmed which will help them implement timely and cost-effective recalls, minimize legal and reputation risks, and reduce health or safety risks to consumers. Although this International Standard is meant for suppliers, it'd also help government agencies in developing or improving product recall policies and guidelines.
- Broad application of this International Standard will cause a more consistent approach to removing unsafe products from the worldwide marketplace, to improving coordination between government and consumer products organizations in several countries, and to increasing consumer confidence within the safety of products available within the marketplace.
- This International Standard is meant to supply practical guidance in determining whether corrective actions, including recalls, got to be administered by the supplier of consumer products. It also provides best practices for conducting a product recall if it's necessary.
- The guidance provides information and tools that suppliers of all sizes can use to develop a documented and validated product recall programmed which will help them implement timely and cost-effective recalls, minimize legal and reputation risks, and reduce health or safety risks to consumers. Although this International Standard is meant for suppliers, it'd also help government agencies in developing or improving product recall policies and guidelines.
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