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▍What is WERCSmart REGISTRATION?

WERCSmart is the abbreviation of World Environmental Regulatory Compliance Standard.

WERCSmart is a product registration database company developed by a US company called The Wercs. It aims to provide a supervision platform of product safety for supermarkets in US and Canada, and make product purchasing easier. In the processes of selling, transporting, storing and disposing products among retailers and registered recipients, products will face increasingly complicated challenges from federal, states or local regulation. Usually, the Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) supplied along with the products do not cover adequate data of which information shows compliance with laws and regulations. While WERCSmart transforms the product data to that conforming to laws and regulations.

▍Scope of registration products

Retailers determine the registration parameters for each supplier. Following categories shall be registered for reference. However, the list below is incomplete, so verification on registration requirement with your buyers is suggested.

◆All Chemical Containing Product

◆OTC Product and Nutritional Supplements

◆Personal Care Products

◆Battery-Driven Products

◆Products with Circuit Boards or Electronics        

◆Light Bulbs

◆Cooking Oil                      

◆Food dispensed by Aerosol or Bag-On-Valve

▍Why MCM？

● Technical personnel support: MCM is equipped with a professional team who studies SDS laws and regulations for long. They have in-depth knowledge of the change of laws and regulations and have provided authorized SDS service for a decade. 

● Closed-loop type service: MCM has professional personnel communicating with auditors from WERCSmart, ensuring smooth process of registration and verification. So far, MCM has provided WERCSmart registration service for more than 200 clients.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under the U.S. Department of Labor requires products used in the workplace to be tested and certified by a nationally recognized laboratory before they can be sold in the market. The testing standards used include American National Standards Institute (ANSI); American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM); Underwriters Laboratory (UL); and research organization standard for mutual recognition of factories.
NRTL is short for Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory. A total of 18 third-party certification and testing institutions have been recognized by NRTL, including TUV, ITS and MET so far.
cETLus Mark: North America Certification Mark of Electrical Testing Labs of United States.
cTUVus Mark：North America Certification Mark of TUV Rheinland.
MCM serves as a witness laboratory for TUV RH and ITS on the North American certification program. All tests can be conducted in the MCM laboratory, providing customers with better face-to-face technical communication services.