Canada Certification Mark Changes

Products that have been certified for electrical safety in Canada will need to make some changes to the certification mark that is applied to their products. Certification marks indicate or confirm that a product or component meets standards for safety performance. Some of the marks issued for products sold in Canada include MET, UL, CSA.

Which ever certification mark you are applying, whether it is the MET mark, UL, CSA or another, if the approval covers Canada, you will have to make some changes. A new ruling by the Standards Council of Canada has required that the type of certification is clearly indicated on the mark (label) used to indicate certification. This can be achieved by either indicating the actual standard to which the product has shown compliance or using the following terms "Electrical Safety" or if applicable "Electrical Safety and / or Hazardous Location Safety". This requirement will be in effect 1st April 2012.

Certification of electrical / electronic product is mandatory for a number of product categories in the USA and Canada.

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