I quite agree on your points. It may be a political issue rather than a safety issue.
Scott On 4 Oct, 2014, at 4:48 am, Kunde, Brian <brian_ku...@lecotc.com> wrote: > Does it make you safer to know that your iPhone was made in China? No? Then > what does COO have anything to do with Safety when the party responsible for > Safety of your EE’s full name and address is already on the product (and/or > packaging)? > > COO has never been about safety but to inform the consumer where their money > is being spent and a way to promote similar products made in your own > country. In the USA there are huge campaigns to “Buy American”, and employ > the American worker. It has nothing to do with Safety, but money. > > We are “informed” by our media daily that anything made in China is probably > counterfeit, or fake, or cheaply made, and probably going to fail or burn > your house down. It’s the same type of campaign wheeled against products > made in Japan post WWII. > > A product’s quality or safety really doesn’t matter where it is “made” but > what matters is the diligences of the company who is responsible for that > product in the market place. Apple is a great example. Should we fear iPhones > built in China? No. But if Apple also built iPhones in the EU, you better buy > one of those because it is “safer”?? > > BTW, how are products made in the USA viewed in Europe and in other places in > the world? Americans take a lot of pride in what we do and it would be > heartbreaking to find out our products are viewed poorly by others in the > world. I wonder how people in China feel. > > The Other Brian > > From: Crane, Lauren [mailto:lauren.cr...@kla-tencor.com] > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 3:56 PM > To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG > Subject: Re: [PSES] "Made in" labelling in the EU > > The manufacturer stated on a nameplate can be entirely different from the > formal country of origin (coo). Thus my iphone manufactured by Apple USA > probably has a coo (according to US rules) of China. > > My little experience of coo designation rules is that they can be very tricky. > > Regards, > Lauren Crane > KLA-Tencor > > From: Kunde, Brian [mailto:brian_ku...@lecotc.com] > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 2:19 PM > To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG > Subject: Re: [PSES] "Made in" labelling in the EU > > Most product safety directives currently require the full name and address of > the manufacturer to be on the product, though in some cases the meaning of > manufacturer does not always mean where the product is made. > > This is already a requirement in the USA for most products so not really a > big deal. > > I wonder if the text “Made in xxx” will have to be in 24 different languages > or if just English is good enough? We have been trying to minimize the > amount of English Text on our products to avoid having to translate labeling. > > > The Other Brian > > > From: Mike Sherman ----- Original Message ----- > [mailto:msherma...@comcast.net] > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 2:42 PM > To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG > Subject: Re: [PSES] "Made in" labelling in the EU > > Good summary of what I know is here: > http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ff7bd38f-0f81-4e5f-94c7-a16d3d05368d > > From: "Scott Xe" <scott...@gmail.com> > To: "EMC-PSTC" <EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> > Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 11:27:33 AM > Subject: [PSES] "Made in" labelling in the EU > > I have learnt that EP is working on a new law of origin marking proposed by > consumer product safety and market surveillance and going to be in force next > year. There should not be no direct relationship with product safety but may > improve the traceability of products. Does anyone know when the new law > become available? > > Thanks and regards, > > Scott > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. 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