to inspect and ensure compliance to the standards they defined. For instance, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) formulated a certain number of safety standards in its Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) and accredited TÜV Rheinland to provide certification services to guarantee product compliance to the defined safety regulations. United States American National Standards Institute A major American standards organization is the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Usually, members of a particular industry will voluntarily form a committee to study safety issues and propose standards. Those standards are then recommended to ANSI, which reviews and adopts them. Many government regulations require that products sold or used must comply with a particular ANSI standard. Government agencies Many government agencies set safety standards for matters under their jurisdiction, such as: the Food and Drug Administration the Consumer Product Safety Commission the United States Environmental Protection Agency Testing laboratories Product safety testing, for the United States, is largely controlled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. In addition, workplace related products come under the jurisdiction of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which certifies independent testing companies as Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTL), see. European Union Institutions the European Commission (EC) the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) the European Safety Federation (ESF) Testing laboratories The European Commission provides the legal framework, but the different Member States may authorize test laboratories to carry out safety testing. Other countries Standards institutions British Standards Institution Canadian Standards Association Deutsches Institut für Normung International Organization for Standardization Standards Australia Testing laboratories Many countries have national organizations that have accreditation to test and/or submit test reports for safety certification. These are typically referred to as a Notified or Competent Body. See also CDC safety References Further reading