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Creating an Effective and Defensible Product Recall

Recalls can create huge problems for manufacturers and product sellers. They can generate new product liability lawsuits that are harder to defend, involve a significant financial cost to implement, and create reputational problems with consumers and retailers. Manufacturers must carefully design a recall or other corrective action that is as effective as possible and adequate under the circumstances. Various government entities are issuing new requirements that can help with these efforts.

ANSI Z535.4 – Safety Labels in Focus

ANSI Z535.4 is a standard developed by ANSI that relates specifically to product safety signs and labels.

The Duty to Warn

Even though warnings and instructions are not followed by all product users, they are important for product safety and product liability defensibility. Manufacturers must decide how safe to design their products and when they can also rely on warnings and instructions to make the product safe.

ANSI Z535.3 – Safety Symbols in Focus

The ANSI Z535.3 standard focuses solely on guidelines for the design and use of safety symbols.

ANSI Z535.1 – Safety Colors in Focus

In our "On Your Mark" columns, we often discuss the importance of American National...
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An Overview of Aerospace Battery Compliance

The FAA has published requirements that require testing for all battery devices that are a part of the aircraft itself.

Deciphering Safety Symbol Complexities

This column covers specifics on symbol use – one of the fundamental elements of your labels – and options for handling complexities you may be facing.

Understanding Safety Label Format and Symbol Options

Read a quick guide to understanding the considerations of the main label and symbol format options available to you, including pros and cons, and whether they meet the U.S. ANSI Z535.4 standards, the international ISO 3864-2 standards, or both standards.

Tailoring Safety Into Audio Frequency Power-Line Susceptibility Testing

Solar Electronics founder Al Parker used to say about EMI testing, “There’s more than one way to skin a cat.” Here are a couple more.

Product Liability and Your Safety Labels

Product safety labels are an important part of keeping users safe and reducing liability risk. There are two main standards for safety labels that are key to creating effective warnings that accurately communicate hazard information: ANSI Z535.4 domestically and ISO 3864-2 internationally.
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