Standing up to inspection.Product recalls have been in the news this summer, with questions surrounding quality and safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or 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 China in particular receiving the greatest attention. A healthy percentage of multi-national corporations have quickly become familiar with how to make a product on one side of the world and sell it on the other side--and then perhaps offer customer support in yet another part of the world. But in the case of some recent product recalls, several companies may have also learned that a longer supply chain requires an accompanying longer quality control chain. Toy manufacturers and pet food processors are among those dealing with safety and health-related recalls. But basic materials companies and recyclers who supply them must consider the same potential dilemmas. A recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. advocacy group in Ontario, as one example, is already asking elected officials if they know how their plastic scrap is used after it is exported. The recycling industry overall has much to gain by preventing the misuse of recycled materials. Worst-case scenarios worst-case scenario n → Schlimmstfallszenario nt can include contaminants in food-grade packaging as well as poorly considered materials formulation formulation /for·mu·la·tion/ (for?mu-la´shun) the act or product of formulating. American Law Institute Formulation or metallurgy metallurgy (mĕt`əlûr'jē), science and technology of metals and their alloys. Modern metallurgical research is concerned with the preparation of radioactive metals, with obtaining metals economically from low-grade ores, with . The recycling industry has rightly battled to ensure that it is not perceived as a supplier of sub-standard feedstock feed·stock n. Raw material required for an industrial process. Noun 1. feedstock - the raw material that is required for some industrial process raw material, staple - material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing or as providing ingredients in sub-standard products. It would be a mistake of global proportions to allow longer supply lines to contribute to the undoing of the improved perceptions and goodwill that the industry has fought to obtain. |
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