Consumer interest in safety related standards for European consumer products

✍ Scribed by W. H. J. Rogmans

• Book ID: 104763471
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 649 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0168-7034
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00412070

✦ Synopsis

In this paper the role of consumer products in contributing to accidental injuries and the need for concrete measures to improve product safety are highlighted. In connection with these measures, the importance of standards will be discussed, and in particular the need for a strong consumer input in the developmental process of new standards. Suggestions for strengthening consumer input in standardization work, in particular in the field of product safety, are presented.