Before p>1992, products certified by CSA could only be sold in the Canadian market, and if products wanted to enter the American market, they had to obtain relevant American certifications. Now CSA International has been recognized by the US federal government as a national accredited testing laboratory. This means that your products can be tested and certified according to Canadian and American standards, while ensuring that your certification is recognized by federal, European, provincial and local governments. With CSA's effective product safety certification, it is easy to enter the most tenacious and broad North American market in the world. CSA can help your products enter the American and Canadian markets quickly and effectively. CSA International will help manufacturers save time and money by eliminating repeated procedures in the process of applying for certification. For manufacturers, all they have to do is to submit an application, provide a set of samples and pay a fee, but the obtained safety signs can be recognized by the federal, state, provincial and local levels from new york to Los Angeles. CSA International will work together with the manufacturers to provide a high-quality and safe and reliable certification project. In North America and even the whole world, CSA people have won people's trust with honesty, integrity and skilled skills.
CSA International has four laboratories in Canada. From 1992 to 1994, they were officially recognized by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the US Department of Labor. According to the rules of OSHA, it can be used as a national accredited testing laboratory to test and certify a series of products according to more than 36 American ANSI/UL standards. The products tested and certified by CSA International are determined to be in full compliance with the standards and can be sold to the markets of the United States and Canada.
It saves time and money to obtain North American certification. You only need to complete an application, provide a set of samples and pay a fee once. With CSA, you can enter the two markets in one step. CSA, a convenient testing and certification service, eliminates the need for repeated testing and evaluation to obtain different certifications in two countries. This will undoubtedly reduce the cost of product certification, follow-up inspection and retesting, and at the same time save valuable time, and save the trouble for manufacturers to deal with various certification bodies, thus achieving twice the result with half the effort.
CSA Marking can only be attached to the product after applying for registration with Canadian Standards Association, and the safety and authorization of the product are recognized by the unit. CSA is a non-profit member sponsor, and its standards include: health care technology, oil and gas pipeline system, occupational safety, electrical products and solar energy. CSA has branches in Atlantic, Quebec, Central Plains, West China and Pacific besides the head office in Canada, and also has subsidiaries and overseas representatives all over the world. CSA standards are voluntary. Municipal, provincial and federal governments often use or refer to CSA standards in their management to develop their own standards instead of them. In this case, CSA standard becomes the reference of government specifications. The government or other organizations and associations may require compliance with certain standards or specify that a particular product must be verified to prove compliance with certain standards. This is based on whether each organization wants to require the use of CSA standards and verification operations within its jurisdiction.
CSA Marking is one of the most famous product safety recognition marks in the world at present. Even if it is not enforced, manufacturers in many regions take obtaining this mark as an important basis for recommending the safety of their products to customers, and many buyers even specify that they need to buy products with CSA marks attached. Recently, manufacturers have been designated by Canadian importers or buyers to obtain CSA marks.
CSA Certification-Purpose
CSA is the abbreviation of Canadian Standards Association, which is the largest inspection and certification organization in Canada. As an independent, non-governmental and non-profit organization, it is mainly engaged in product certification, inspection and related standard development and information services for the public, government, industry and commerce. It not only undertakes the certification of safety projects according to the authorization of the relevant departments of the Canadian government, but also undertakes the testing of performance and quality.
The members of p>CSA are composed of more than 7, volunteers from all walks of life in Canada and more than 2,2 corporate sponsors. These members form more than 1, standards committees. Based on the principle of brainstorming and synthesizing the reasonable opinions of all people, the standards, requirements and guidelines for a wide range of materials, products, equipment and service facilities are drawn up according to certain procedures. CSA standards are adopted voluntarily, but federal, provincial and local governments often use and refer to CSA standards when formulating laws and regulations, and such standards become the basis of government legislation, that is to say, they are mandatory. CSA has six laboratories in Canada and is headquartered in Toronto. It has set up three offices in Japan, Taiwan Province and Hongkong in the Far East. At the same time, it has also established agency certification relations with JMI in Japan, KEMA in the Netherlands and BSI in the UK.
CSA certification-process
1. Fill in the preliminary application form and submit it to CSA International together with the specifications and technical data of all relevant products (including all electrical components and plastic materials).
2. CSA International will determine the certification fee according to the specific conditions of the product, and then notify the applicant company by fax.
3. After confirmation by the applicant company, a formal application form and a notice will be sent, which includes the following requirements:
(1) After the formal application form is signed, the authentication fee (which can be paid in RMB) will be wired to the office.
(2) Send the test template to the designated place according to the notice.
4. The designated laboratory will carry out certification on time.
5. after the certification test is completed, a preliminary report (Findings Letter) will be sent to the applicant company, with details as follows:
(1) How can the product structure be improved to meet the standards?
(2) Other materials to be used to complete the certification report.
(3) Please ask the applicant company to review the contents of the draft Certification Record
(4) The shipping marks required for CsA certification and the method of obtaining the shipping marks.
(5) Factory Tests required for products.
6. CSA International will evaluate the applicant's answer to the fifth item above.
7. At the same time, CSA International will compile a Certification Report for product production reference and follow-up inspection.
8. At this stage, under certain circumstances, CSA International will go to the factory for Initial Factory Evaluation (IFE for short).
9. finally, CSA International will issue a Certification of Compliance together with the Certification Record to authorize the applicant company to add the certification mark of CSA to its products.
1. The applicant company should sign a Service Agreement with CSA International to show that both parties agree that CSA International will go to the factory for product tracking inspection. The applicant company has to pay an Annual Fee to maintain the agreement.