Corinne Campbell

Corinne Campbell has over twenty years international experience in the import and export of goods. As the founder of XDOC, Corinne has first hand experience of starting and running businesses. Corinne consults to businesses at various levels by reviewing their existing processes to improve efficiency and compliance, optimising their procedures for each market, training and supporting their international trade staff, help reducing errors arising from inexperience, changing regulations and solving import/export staff shortages. Corinne is also the author of the Comprehensive Import Export manual which is a 132 page reference manual of documentation examples and information about Import/Export.

SAFETY STANDARDS

Mandatory safety standards are declared for products that are likely to be especially hazardous. Information standards are introduced when consumers need to be informed about a product. In declaring mandatory standards the government protects consumers by specifying minimum requirements that must be met before products are supplied.

The two types of mandatory product standards are:

Safety standards: these require goods to comply with particular performance, composition, contents, methods of manufacture or processing, design, construction, finish or packaging rules (e.g. construction of toys for children under three years old).

Information standards: these require prescribed information to be given to consumers when they purchase specified goods (e.g. ingredient labelling for cosmetics, labelling for tobacco products and care labelling for clothing and textile products).

Importers and exporters need to ensure that the goods they supply comply with the relevant mandatory standard. This can be done by having the product tested by a competent testing laboratory.

The term ‘supply’ includes sale, exchange, lease, hire, hire purchase and ‘give-aways’ (e.g. at trade fairs and through promotions).

-extract from the “Comprehensive import export manual edition 12” by Corinne Campbell

XDOC is Seminar Partner of Import Export Show. Corinne Campbell will be presenting within our workshop program.

Follow this link to view and book for our range of workshops for beginner and advanced importers and exporters http://www.importexportshow.com.au/products.php?cPath=1&rID=0

Website: http://www.xdoc.com.au