Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety

Safety

Safety is the state of being "safe" , the condition of being protected against physical, social, spiritual, financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological, educational or other types or consequences of failure, damage, error, accidents, harm or any other event which could be...

 of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory

Advice (opinion)

Advice is a form of relating personal or institutional opinions, belief systems, values, recommendations or guidance about certain situations relayed in some context to another person, group or party often offered as a guide to action and/or conduct...

 or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. China has recently experienced trouble with some of the post listed associations.

Safety organizations

• Consumer Product Safety Commission
  Consumer Product Safety Commission
  The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent agency of the United States government created in 1972 through the Consumer Product Safety Act to protect "against unreasonable risks of injuries associated with consumer products." The CPSC is an independent agency that does...
  
   (USA)
• Environmental Protection Agency
  United States Environmental Protection Agency
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress...
  
   or EPA (USA)
• Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
  Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
  The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile is a non-profit association established as the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus on 20 June 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users...
  
   or FIA (France)
• Food and Drug Administration
  Food and Drug Administration
  The Food and Drug Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments...
  
   or FDA (USA)
• Health and Safety Executive
  Health and Safety Executive
  The Health and Safety Executive is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom. It is the body responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare, and for research into occupational risks in England and Wales and Scotland...
  
   (UK)
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is an agency of the Executive Branch of the U.S. government, part of the Department of Transportation...
  
   (USA)
• National Public Safety Commission
  National Public Safety Commission (Japan)
  The is a Japanese Cabinet Office commission. It is headquartered in the 2nd Building of the Central Common Government Office at 2-1-2 Kasumigasaeki in Chiyoda, Tokyo....
  
   (Japan)
• National Transportation Safety Board
  National Transportation Safety Board
  The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation. In this role, the NTSB investigates and reports on aviation accidents and incidents, certain types of highway crashes, ship and marine...
  
   or NTSB (USA)
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Labor. It was created by Congress of the United States under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M. Nixon, on December 29, 1970...
  
   (USA)
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
  Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
  The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is a British charity which aims to promote safety. It is particularly known for its vocal campaigns on issues of road safety, including Tufty the road crossing squirrel, the Cycling Proficiency Test and the Green Cross Code, as well as on issues of...
  
   (UK)
• European Aviation Safety Agency
  European Aviation Safety Agency
  The European Aviation Safety Agency is an agency of the European Union with offices in Cologne, Germany, which has been given regulatory and executive tasks in the field of civilian aviation safety. It was created on 15 July 2002, and it reached full functionality in 2008, taking over functions...
  
   or EASA (Europe)

See also

• Consumer protection
  Consumer protection
  Consumer protection laws designed to ensure fair trade competition and the free flow of truthful information in the marketplace. The laws are designed to prevent businesses that engage in fraud or specified unfair practices from gaining an advantage over competitors and may provide additional...
  
  
• Bicycle safety
  Bicycle safety
  Bicycle safety is the use of practices designed to reduce risk associated with cycling. Some of this subject matter is hotly debated: for example, the discussions as to whether bicycle helmets or cyclepaths really deliver improved safety...
  
  
• China compulsory certification
• Injury prevention
  Injury prevention
  Injury prevention are efforts to prevent or reduce the severity of bodily injuries caused by external mechanisms, such as accidents, before they occur. Injury prevention is a component of safety and public health, and its goal is to improve the health of the population by preventing injuries and...
  
  
• Public administration
  Public administration
  Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
  
  
• Road safety
• Standards organization
  Standards organization
  A standards organization, standards body, standards developing organization , or standards setting organization is any organization whose primary activities are developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, reissuing, interpreting, or otherwise producing technical standards that are...
  
  
• Testing organizations
  • Baseefa
    Baseefa
    Baseefa is a British certification body for equipment intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. It is based in Buxton, Derbyshire, England...
    
     (UK)
  • Canadian Standards Association
    Canadian Standards Association
    The Canadian Standards Association, also known as the CSA, is a not-for-profit Standards organization with the stated aim of developing standards for use in 57 different areas of specialisation...
    
     (Canada)
  • Technischer Überwachungsverein
    Technischer Überwachungsverein
    TÜVs are German organizations that work to validate the safety of products of all kinds to protect humans and the environment against hazards. As independent consultants, they examine plants, motor vehicles, energy installations, devices and products TÜVs (short for Technischer...
    
     (Germany, UK, China & USA)
  • Underwriters Laboratories
    Underwriters Laboratories
    Underwriters Laboratories Inc. is an independent product safety certification organization. Established in 1894, the company has its headquarters in Northbrook, Illinois. UL develops standards and test procedures for products, materials, components, assemblies, tools and equipment, chiefly dealing...
    
     (USA)
• Toy safety
  Toy safety
  Toy safety is the practice of ensuring that toys, especially those made for children, are safe, usually through the application of set safety standards. In many countries, commercial toys must be able to pass safety tests in order to be sold. In the U.S., some toys must meet national standards,...
  
  
• Safety by design
  Safety by design
  Safety by design is a concept and movement that encourages construction or product designers to "design out" health and safety risks during design development...