Products standards

Standards used for items applied or manufactured for sale or distribution. They may regulate: (a) a physical or chemical composition of items, for instance, Pharmaceuticals or detergents, (b) the technical performances of products, such as maximum levels of pollutant or noise emissions from motor vehicles, or specifications of required product components such as catalytic converters; (c) the handling, presentation and packaging of products, especially those that are toxic as well as the rules of their treatment.