Standards Project News Archives - Page 34 of 35 - Consumers' Federation of Australia

28 June , 2012

Nanotechnology – consumers and standards

Standards play an important role in ensuring the potential of nanotechnology is realised safely.

6 June , 2012

Vale Deni Greene – consumer representative

October 1939 – June 2012. Deni will be remembered as a forceful advocate for both sustainability and ethical conduct on a global stage.

29 May , 2012

CFA Standards Representatives Networking Workshop

A successful workshop was recently held for the CFA Representatives on Standards Australia Technical Committees.

28 May , 2012

Child restraints: Revisions in the standard

It was recently reported that almost one in four children are in the wrong car seat – despite changes to road rules.

14 May , 2012

Consumer participation in standards making – COPOLCO

The COPOLCO Mirror Committee takes Australian positions to the International Organisation for Standardisation’s consumer policy committee.

21 April , 2012

Standards update: Electronic health data

Electronic health records involve the systematic electronic collection of health information previously held on paper about individual patients or populations, such as information about the physical or and mental health of an individual or provision of health services.

20 March , 2012 0 comments

Ensuring the safety of composts, soil conditioners and mulches

The Standards Australia Technical Committee CS-037 Garden Soils and Potting Mixes has been working over the past few years revising the standard recently published in its 4th edition as AS 4454-2012 Composts, soil conditioners and mulches.

12 March , 2012 0 comments

Progress on safety of electrical appliances

The joint Australian and New Zealand Technical Committee EL-002 Safety of household electrical appliances is working on improving the safety aspects in the revision of the AS/NZS 60335 series of standards.

28 January , 2012 3 comments

Developing a sustainability standard for bioenergy

Bioenergy efficiently extracts clean, low-emission electricity from a range of wastes. CFA has appointed a consumer representative to the SA technical committee on Sustainability Criteria for bioenergy.

24 January , 2012 0 comments

Warning on magnets in toys

Consumer Affairs Victoria reminded Victorian parents and carers of the dangers that toys containing magnets can pose if swallowed following the recent death of a Queensland toddler.

23 January , 2012 0 comments

Mandatory standards: protecting consumers

Mandatory safety standards are made for products that are likely to be especially hazardous. In making mandatory safety standards, the government protects consumers by specifying minimum requirements that products must meet before they are supplied

17 January , 2012 0 comments

New standard to manage the impact of e-waste

Waste from obsolete computers and television sets (known as e-waste) is now a massive problem worldwide. To assist industry to comply with new legislation about e-waste management, Standards Australia is developing a new standard, AS/NZS 5377 – Collection, storage, transport and treatment of e-waste.