Symbols for Medical Device Labels
A voluntary consensus standard can result in the summation of the best existing practices and techniques in an industry that were in use prior to […]
General Symbols
NFPA 80-2019: Standard for Fire Doors
In another post, we covered NFPA 105-2019: Smoke Door and Opening Protectives, the NFPA standard for smoke doors and other opening protectives, such as smoke […]
Symbols – Recognize the Meaning?
The language of symbols present in daily life, so omnipresent, we hardly consider them… until. Until you don’t get the message. Put your sweater in […]
ISO 14024:2018 Revision – Type I Environmental Labeling Programs
ISO 14024:2018 – Environmental labels and declarations – Type I environmental labelling – Principles and procedures has been released. Ecolabeling as a practice spans back […]
Environmental Labeling (Ecolabeling): Helping Companies Demonstrate Sustainability and Consumers Make Green Choices
Not too long ago, sustainability was just a welcome addition to the heightened processes of an organization, but these days, it is a responsibility. In […]
Standard Codes and Symbols for Handling and Recycling Plastics
Recycling is the simplest way we can fulfill our obligation as environmental stewards. The act of putting refuse in the correct container, while incredibly basic, […]
ISO 11469:2016 – Marking of Plastics Products
ISO 11469:2016 – Plastics – Generic identification and marking of plastics products is the newest edition of the standard for plastic markings. As stated in […]
Food Labels and Standards
A previous post on this blog about food standards and Celiac disease (gluten intolerance) discussed a proposed FDA rule for gluten free labeling of food. Some recent articles by […]