Official inspection agency—
American official inspection agency
In America, it is customary to say "product inspection" instead of "commodity inspection". In addition to product inspection, there is also "service item" inspection. The product inspection agency established by the federal government is basically the trinity authority of import, export and domestic product inspection.
Japanese official inspection agency
According to Japan's national administrative system, all government departments shall, within the scope of their respective division of labor and authority, carry out division management on the inspection of import and export commodities. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (in charge of all industrial production, commerce and foreign trade in China) is responsible for the inspection and management of import and export industrial products; The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (in charge of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and food production) is responsible for the inspection and quarantine management of agriculture, forestry, aquatic products and food import and export; The Ministry of Health and Welfare (in charge of national medical and health affairs) is responsible for the inspection and management of import and export food, medicines and other health aspects; The Ministry of Transport (in charge of sea, land and air passenger and cargo transportation) is responsible for the inspection and management of import and export commodity clouds in terms of measurement and safety.
The official inspection agency of the European Union
The official inspection agencies in the European Union are similar to those in the United States. They are also responsible for inspection, supervision and management by government departments according to the categories of commodities, and authorized by relevant laws or recognized by the government. For example, TUV has been officially recognized and is responsible for the quality of goods in the market; The British Standards Institute (BSI) is responsible for setting standards, carrying out inspection and certification. The Dutch Ministry of Health is in charge of drugs and food, the Ministry of Economic Affairs is in charge of electrical appliances and measuring instruments, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is in charge of aquatic products and agricultural products, the Ministry of Environmental Protection is in charge of building materials, chemicals and dangerous goods, the Ministry of Communications is in charge of vehicles and aircraft, and the Ministry of Social Security is in charge of nuclear energy inspection and supervision. There are corresponding inspection agencies under the ministries, such as the Food Inspection Bureau and the Meat Inspection Bureau under the Ministry of Health; The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has an Agricultural Products Inspection Bureau. The European Union has established a joint system of official/private institutions to supervise all technical regulations. Official institutions are responsible for formulating laws and regulations, and defining their standards and sample review systems according to product categories. Private or semi-official institutions are responsible for setting mandatory and non-mandatory standards and performing most of the testing, inspection and management tasks. Activities within the statutory scope mainly include testing, inspection, certification and recognition.
Independent inspection agency—
Swiss notary bank
Societe Generale de Survey S.A is the world's largest group company specializing in international commodity inspection, testing and certification, and an influential private independent inspection institution in international trade. SGS was founded in 1878, and its headquarters is located in Geneva, at a distance of 1994. According to the data, SGS has 274 branches in 142 countries around the world, 1 150 offices and 29 1 laboratories, with nearly 30,000 employees. SGS is a comprehensive inspection organization, which can conduct various physical, chemical and metallurgical analyses, including destructive and non-destructive tests, provide customers with a full set of quantity and quality inspection and related technical services, provide pre-shipment inspection services, provide various services related to international trade, such as commodity technology, transportation and warehousing, and supervise all or any part of commercial trade related to purchase and sale, trade, raw materials, industrial equipment and consumer goods. Within SGS, according to the classification of commodities, agricultural service department, mineral chemical and metallurgical service department, nondestructive testing department, national government contract service department, transportation and storage department, industrial engineering product service department, risk and insurance service department and other departments have been established. SGS's business in China is undertaken by SGS China Affairs Department. SGS and China State Bureau of Technical Supervision have set up "over-standard inspection companies" respectively, mainly dealing with CISS business.
its
It is an international commodity inspection organization with its headquarters in London. In order to strengthen its competitive position in the world trade field, it established its own inspection group by acquiring prestigious and powerful inspection institutions in the world. Its groups include Gabrielle Group, Intertek International, Anna Laboratories, Inkjet Lloyd's (Hankey International Group, Mathews Daniel Company), Intertek Services, Intertek International Services Limited, etc. These affiliated institutions operate independently, and each institution has its own professional technicians and equipment to provide services in its own name.
Japan Maritime Verification Association
Japan Marine Survey Association (Japan Marine Surveyor &; Sworn Metrologists Association was established in 19 13, which is an enterprise inspection association, mainly serving the public interests. NKKK, headquartered in Tokyo, has set up inspection offices in China ports and overseas offices in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia. At present, NKKK has more than 70 branches at home and abroad, with a wide range of business. The main inspection items include hatch inspection, stowage identification, condition inspection, damage identification, draft weighing, liquid metering, weighing and physical and chemical inspection. And it also accepts continuous inspection from manufacturer to shipment or from unloading to support. NKKK has signed a long-term entrusted inspection agreement with China Commodity Inspection Agency. Over the years, the entrusted inspection business of both parties has been close and technical exchanges have been frequent.
New Japan Valuation Association
SHIN NIHOM KENTEI KYOKAI (English name: New Japan Surveyors and Sworn Measure RS Association) was established in 1948, which is a Japanese consortium legal person inspection association and serves the economic interests of consortia. Its main business is maritime inspection, general inspection, container inspection, physical and chemical analysis and general cargo inspection. SK is headquartered in Tokyo, with 9 branches, 22 offices and 2 laboratories in China, and business offices, offices or agents in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and other countries. SK has signed agency contracts with customers in Korea, the United States, Pakistan and other countries, and has a good entrusted business relationship with China commodity inspection authorities.
OMIC overseas cargo inspection company
Japan's ovseas Commodity inspection company (Inspection Company) is an international joint-stock inspection company with relatively complete inspection technology and equipment, which has been registered and recognized by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Its main inspection business is industrial products inspection, fertilizer inspection, drug inspection, mineral products inspection and crop native products inspection. In addition, OMIC also accepts foreign inspection services designated by the Japanese government. OMIC was founded in 1954 and its headquarters is in Tokyo. The company consists of nine departments: General Affairs Department, Business Department, Finance Department, Inspection Department, Consulting Department, Food Department, Oil Feed and Food Department, Iron and Steel Department, Machinery Complete Equipment Department and a Central Research Institute. China has branches or offices in Osaka, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Kitakyushu and Nagoya, and foreign countries have branches in Thailand, Poland, Malaysia, India, the Philippines and Canada. OMIC has signed business cooperation agreements with inspection agencies or trading enterprises in more than 70 countries in the world, and signed cooperation agreements with China Commodity Inspection Company (CCIC). China Commodity Inspection Company will handle the pre-shipment inspection of China's export commodities to Nigerian, Pakistani, Iranian and other countries, and issue CRF for importers' customs clearance.
American safety laboratory (UL)
Founded in 1894, the insurer Labato-ries Inc is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois, with branches in Long Island, new york, Tampa, Florida and Santa Clara, California. UL Company is the most authoritative non-governmental inspection organization in the United States, and also the largest organization in the world to inspect, test and identify all kinds of electrical products. The laws of many States in the United States clearly stipulate that household appliances without UL logo are not allowed to be sold in the market. In the United States, when individuals, families, schools and institutions buy household appliances such as electric fans, electric irons, electric mattresses, hair dryers, electric ovens, microwave ovens, electric water heaters and electric massagers, as long as they see the UL logo in the market, they feel at ease and have a sense of security when using it. This is because UL has been engaged in the safety performance appraisal of mechanical and electrical products for more than 90 years and has established a good reputation.
UL engineering inspection is divided into six departments: anti-theft and signaling, disasters and chemical hazards, electricity, fire prevention, heating, air conditioning and freezing, and ship supplies. The business of UL Company is mainly to provide the safety performance audit, test and appraisal of building materials, fire fighting equipment, electromechanical equipment, maritime equipment, oil and gas equipment and other product designs that meet UL standards, as well as the tracking, test and inspection of factory production processes, and affix UL marks.
UL product standards are independent. The focus of testing and appraisal is the safety performance of products, such as switches, transformers, wires and other products. Only when it meets the requirements of UL standard can it be recognized, listed, put into production and labeled with UL mark. UL personnel can go to 2e/- for inspection without prior notice to determine whether the products using the UL logo really meet UL safety standards.
UL not only has branches in the United States, but also has established business relations with inspection agencies in Canada, Germany, Sweden, Britain, Japan, China and Hongkong. UL's business in China is undertaken by China Import and Export Commodity Inspection Corporation (CCIC) and its subsidiaries.
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
The American Society for Testing and Materials, founded in 1896 and headquartered in Philadelphia, is one of the oldest and largest academic groups in the United States and an unofficial organization engaged in the standardization of industrial raw materials. ASTM is engaged in a wide range of business, involving raw materials and semi-finished products produced or used in metallurgy, machinery, chemicals, textiles, construction, transportation, electricity and other fields. The standards formulated by ASTM have a wide range, great influence and a large number, and most of them are directly incorporated into national standards by American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Some professional societies in the United States, such as steel, textile and mechanical engineering, have cooperative relations with ASTM. ASTM is also very influential in the world, and its standard is adopted by many international traders as the quality clause of supply contracts, and it is also widely used in the inspection of imported raw materials in China. The analysis and test methods developed by ASTM are used as method standards by many laboratories all over the world.
International wool bureau (IWS)
The International Wool Secretariat was established in 1937 as a non-profit organization. Its purpose is to establish long-term global demand for wool products for sheep farmers in member countries. The largest wool exporters among the member countries are Australia, New Zealand and some countries in the southern hemisphere, and their raw wool exports account for about 80% of the global annual turnover. The International Wool Bureau is headquartered in London, and its product development and market service center is located in Icli, London. The International Wool Bureau has branches in 34 of the most important wool markets in the world, forming an international service network.
The International Wool Bureau itself does not manufacture and sell wool products, but in the process of establishing wool demand, it often keeps close contact with all levels of the textile industry, including providing help and support for retailers and wool spinning production units in raw wool selection, processing technology, product development, style design, quality control and product promotion. , and jointly carry out publicity activities, such as promoting the world-famous pure wool logo.
International Wool Bureau China Branch is located in Kowloon. Its main activities are: promoting the pure wool logo, using TV, magazines and other media to publicize the significance of the pure wool logo to consumers, and using the quarterly newsletter of the International Wool Bureau to transmit information such as various activities; Collect and analyze economic and market data, and provide information and consulting services for relevant domestic units; Examine and approve the listed factories with pure wool logo, and provide them with technical and quality control assistance to ensure the quality of listed products; Use training courses, fashion shows and other forms to provide the latest international fashion and trend information and assist related enterprises to improve product design and quality.