Consumer Product Safety and Recall- Guidance in the supply chain
This Malaysian Standards (MS) covers elements of systems approach towards managing production of safer consumer products from inception till the disposal of a product in the supply chain. This standard among others helps the organization:
- identify, assess, reduce or eliminate hazards;
- manage risks by reducing them to a tolerable levels; and
- provide consumers with hazard warnings or instructions essential to the safe use or disposal of consumer products.
This Standards also provides practical guidance to supplier on consumer products recalls and other corrective actions after the products has left the manufacturing facility. Other corrective actions include, but are not limited to refunds, retrofit, repair, replacement, disposal, and public notification.
This Malaysia Standard applied to general consumer products (regulated and unregulated) BUT exclude;
Food,
Medicinal products,
Cosmetics, and
Medical devices.