Unlike the EU, the U.S. OSHA does not necessarily publish a 'cessation' date, and leaves most of the grandfathering for legacy products to the individual NRTL. Typically, ANSI will publish a standard, then OSHA subsequently adopts the standard and applies to the accreditation list for the NRTLs. The exception is when other federal agencies have authority over the implementation of a standard for a particular use or class of equipment (FDA, FCC, DoE for example).
The best way to know what is going on is to have a constant suction on the RSS feeds provided by NRTL/CSS-type agencies, other federally-accredited test labs, and the fed sites. Canada is a bit more difficult because their feed sites (CSS and Health Canada) seem to always be changing - so a specialized web crawler could help. In any case, ANSI and OSHA provide the standard version that should be used for new submittals. Read all of the material carefully in the links that Ted Eckert published. Brian -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Douglas Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 9:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Standards Dates For Harmonized standards in the EU, you can get a list of the standards, their various versions, and which expires when. For UL or CSA standards, how does one tell or determine when a particular version of a standard is no longer usable to show compliance? Example - I have legacy product approved to UL 60065, 7th Edition but the approval was in 2004 or 2005. Then I have new products approved in 2012. I have seen various ways of listing the standard in different reports. Typical is this: UL 60065:2003 R04.04 or UL 60065:2003 R11.06 I have tried to get a straight answer from UL but so far not much help. Can anyone explain, does UL have expiration dates on standards or a point where they are n o longer usable? I know they send out letters about changes and updates and such, but those never seem to help much and often come at the cost of a file review. Likewise for CSA. Take CAN/CSA-C22.2 NO. 60065-03 (R2012). Just on their web site and see they show it as: CAN/CSA-C22.2 NO. 60065A-03 (R2012) - Amendment 1:2006 to CAN/CSA-C22.2 NO. 60065-03. But I don't find anyway to know when my legacy products to older versions of the standards need to be submitted for update. Kevlar on - I suppose you will tell me I need to review each change and determine it's impact on my product to see if it needs submitted to the agency again. I try to do that, but when you inherit dozens and dozens of legacy products all at once, it can be daunting at the least. I'm just hoping someone can put a simple explanation to this or that there is an easier way. All input appreciated and thank you. Scott - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
