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GB/T 40990-2021Comsumer product recall—Numbering rules and application (English PDF)

消费品召回 编号规则与应用

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Issued by

SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

November 26, 2021

Implementation date

March 1, 2022

Scope

GB/T 40990-2021 is the English-translated version of 消费品召回 编号规则与应用.

GB/T 40990-2021 sets out how consumer product recalls are numbered in China. It defines consumer product, recall, code, characteristic block code and recall numbering, and requires each recall activity to have one number that identifies only that recall.

The number combines the recall type, a two-digit product type code based on GB/T 36431, a two-digit code for the area of the accepting market supervision authority based on GB/T 2260, the four-digit year of release and a four-digit sequence number, with the codes listed in normative annexes.

It also covers how the national competent authority compiles the number and how it is marked in published recall information. Food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, tobacco, motor vehicles, special equipment, fireworks, aircraft and ships are excluded. It was issued on 26 November 2021 and has applied since 1 March 2022.

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National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS
13.120
Classification
Y 04

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Contents

  • Foreword3
  • 1 Scope4
  • 2 Normative references4
  • 3 Terms and definitions4
  • 4 Basic requirements5
  • 5 Numbering rules6
  • 6 Numbering application7
  • Appendix A (Normative) Consumer product type code9
  • Appendix B (Normative) Administrative division code of the area under the jurisdiction of the acceptance unit10
  • References12

1 Scope

This document specifies the basic requirements, numbering rules and numbering application for consumer product recall numbering.

This document applies to the identification and management of consumer product recall activities.

This document does not apply to food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, medical consumables, tobacco products, motor vehicles, special equipment, fireworks, aircraft, ships and other products.

2 Normative references

The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the version corresponding to that date is applicable to this document; for undated references, the latest version (including all amendments) is applicable to this document.

GB/T 2260, Codes for the administrative divisions of the Peoples Republic of China

GB/T 36431, Classification and code of consumer products

GB/T 39554.1, National integrated government service platform - Basic category and implementation list of government service items - Part 1: Coding requirements

3 Terms and definitions

The following terms and definitions are applicable to this document.

3.1 Consumer product

Products that consumers need to buy and use for their daily consumption.

Note: Including but not limited to products designed or produced for personal use, including its components, parts, accessories, instructions and packaging. [Source: GB/T 34400-2017, 2.2]

3.2 Recall

For defective consumer products, manufacturers eliminate defects or reduce safety risks by supplementing or amending warning signs, repairing, replacing, returning and other remedial measures. [Source: GB/T 34400-2017, 2.5, modified]

3.3 Code

A character or a group of characters that represent a specific thing or concept.

Note: These characters can be Arabic numerals, Latin letters or other symbols that are easy for humans and machines to recognize and process. [Source: GB/T 10113-2003, 2.2.5]

3.4 Consumer product recall numbering

A set of standardized codes using a mixture of alphanumeric characters to identify consumer product recalls.

3.5 Characteristic block code

A code composed of code segments that represent the basic elements of attributes or conceptual characteristics of things in a certain order.

Note: Each code segment cannot be used separately. [Source: GB/T 10113-2003, 2.2.24]

4 Basic requirements

4.1 Uniqueness

Each consumer product recall activity shall only have one consumer product recall numbering, and a consumer product recall numbering only uniquely represents a consumer product recall activity.

4.2 Stability

5 Numbering rules

Recall affected by investigation: The competent department believes that the consumer product is defective after a defect investigation, and the manufacturer has no objection and implements a recall.

Ordered recall: The manufacturer shall, but does not recall the confirmed defective product, and the competent department makes the act of requesting the manufacturer to implement the recall.

c) Consumer product type, where the category code of the code structure specified in GB/T 36431 is adopted; it is represented by a two-digit Arabic numeral. The code is compiled according to Appendix A.

d) Acceptance unit, including national market supervision and management departments and provincial market supervision and management departments, which are represented by a two-digit Arabic numeral. This document uses the administrative division codes specified in GB/T 2260 and GB/T 39554.1 to indicate the area under the jurisdiction of the acceptance unit, and expands a code of "Other 99", which is compiled in accordance with Appendix B.

e) Year identification, representing the year in which the recall information is released, which is represented by a 4-digit Arabic numeral.

Example 1: 2017 represents the recall information released in 2017 of the Gregorian calendar.

f) Sequence number, which is given in the chronological order of the annual recall information release, and represented by a 4-digit Arabic numeral (0 001 ~ 9 999).

Example 2: For the second consumer product recall activity released in 2017 of the Gregorian calendar, where the recall type is voluntary recall, the consumer product type is household appliances and electrical accessories, and the acceptance unit is Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation, the consumer product recall numbering is: CR V 02 11 2017 0002.

6 Numbering application

6.1 Recall management

6.1.1 The consumer product recall numbering shall be compiled uniformly by the national competent authority.

6.1.2 The consumer product recall numbering shall be marked in the published recall information. […]

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