Monitor standards and regulations

Delivering products that don't comply with legal and regulatory requirements can have major consequences for an organization and its customers alike, such as product recalls, lawsuits, convictions, fines, financial compensation, loss of confidence, image damage, etc.

You are a quality manager and/or in charge of monitoring standards and regulations as part of your quality approach. You must define and implement the procedures for this monitoring. This sheet provides advice on the following topics:

• identify applicable standards and regulatory requirements ;

• obtain standards, laws and regulations ;

• disseminate standards, laws and regulations for implementation ;

• check legal and regulatory compliance.