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FTC Issues Order Ratifying Previous Orders Regarding Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority Rules

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月曜日, 1月 16, 2023

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The Federal Trade Commission has issued an order that ratifies its previous orders regarding rules issued by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.

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The Federal Trade Commission has issued an order that ratifies its previous orders regarding rules issued by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, which recognized the Authority, includes a requirement that its rules must be submitted for approval to the FTC.
The Commission issued today’s order to avoid any doubt about the force and effect of the horseracing rules that the Commission previously approved, including the Authority’s rules on racetrack safety, enforcement, assessment methodology, and registration.
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UL Solutions and the Fire Protection Association Open New Laboratory for Fire Testing in the United Kingdom

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火曜日, 11月 22, 2022

BLOCKLEY, England, Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science, in partnership with the U.K. Fire Protection Association (FPA), an active research and testing organization and the U.K.'s national fire safety organization, today announced the opening of a new fire resistance testing laboratory for building products and systems, doors and windows, fire stopping, joint systems and related fire resistance products.

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The testing capabilities at the laboratory, performed by FPA, will be beneficial to manufacturers seeking UKCA and CE marking services (U.K. Conformity Assessment and Conformit Europenne markings).
The UKAS-accredited ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory includes BS 8414 test rigs that are complemented by two new furnaces.
"The partnership between the FPA and UL Solutions demonstrates our shared mission of working for a safer world.
"A UL Solutions Certification is universally recognized as providing trust and confidence to code authorities that products meet code requirements.

UL and the UK Fire Protection Association Advance Fire Safety with Development of New Laboratory

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木曜日, 7月 29, 2021

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WARRINGTON, English and MORETON-IN-MARSH, England, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- UL, the global safety science leader, and the Fire Protection Association (FPA), an active research and testing organisation and the U.K.'s national fire safety organisation, have joined into an agreement to support fire testing in U.K. The two organisations plan to expand testing and laboratory capacities in Blockley, Gloucestershire in order to enhance UL services in the U.K.

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WARRINGTON, English and MORETON-IN-MARSH, England, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --UL, the global safety science leader, and the Fire Protection Association (FPA), an active research and testing organisation and the U.K.'s national fire safety organisation, have joined into an agreement to support fire testing in U.K.
UL has invested in fire resistance test furnaces to be installed within the FPA's Blockley Test laboratory.
The negotiations and construction planning for this laboratory facility have already commenced, with the new laboratory planning for opening in early 2022.
This cooperation and laboratory demonstrate how UL is levering its scientific leadership and objective authority to help U.K. manufacturers confirm compliance and conformance and solve critical safety challenges.