BS EN 17617:2021 pdf free download – Outdoor candles – Product safety labels.
4 Product safety labels
4.1 General
Prior to developing a product safety label, an assessment of the product’s hazards and the risk associated with each hazard shall be performed. Key to this exercise is evaluating what residual risks remain after protective steps have been taken in the design and guarding of hazards and determining which of these hazards shall be addressed with the use of safety labelling. For many products, all foreseeable hazards resulting from the use and possible misuse of the product cannot be warned about in the form of safety labels and information overload in the form of too many product safety labels shall be avoided. Choices shall be made concerning which hazards pose the greatest risk and require a safety label.
4.2 Layout of the product safety label
The product safety label for candles consists of the following components:
general warning sign based upon WOOl of EN ISO 7010 (see Figure 1);
— mandatory supplementary safety information symbols or texts (see Table 1 to Table 4);
— optional supplementary safety information symbols or texts (see Annex A).
4.3 Layout of supplementary safety information
If safety information texts are chosen rather than safety information symbols then they or their practical equivalents shall be given in their own national language or languages of the country in which the candles are marketed. The supplementary safety symbols and text shall be reproduced as shown in Table 1 to Table 4 and Table A.1 to Table A.3. However some degree of modification is permitted when cultural differences or special application formats (e.g. candle shape/type) need to be considered, provided the original meaning is retained and comprehension of the safety information is maintained. Consistent reproduction and use of these safety symbols and texts will lead to a progressively improved degree of comprehension at the international level.
The minimum height of the safety symbols is 5 mm provided that the content of the safety message is legible due to the quality of the print. However, larger size is encouraged.
4.4 Display of a product safety label
As a minimum the product safety label with the mandatory supplementary safety information (Table 1 to Table 4) shall be visible and legible on the packaging or product. If the space is limited, the optional supplementary safety information can be placed elsewhere, e.g. on the backside of a peel ofT label or the inner sides of a fold-out label, together with the mandatory supplementary safety information repeated. There shall be clear indication where to find this additional safety information.
NOTE For examples, see Annex B, Figures B.1 to B.9.