What are all these safety acronyms?

We’ll call this question, WAATSA! 🙂  But it’s a fair question, and here is your answer.

BPA – bisphenol A
PVC – polyvinyl chloride
CCPSA – Canadian Consumer Product Safect Act) – Canada
SGS – Société Générale de Surveillance – Canada
FDA – Food and Drug Administration – USA
ASTM – American Society for Testing and Materials – International
LFGB – Lebensmittel- und Futtermittelgesetzbuch (Foodstuffs and Animal Feed Code) – Germany
CPSIA – Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act – USA