FCC Certification ...

I note that Farnell UK declares very strong policy statements, which include:

Statement of Quality Policy (part) [my highlighting]

 

All employees will be appropriately trained so they understand fully the importance of meeting customer as well as statutory and regulatory requirements. All training will be recorded.

Top management support will be given at all levels of the business to ensure that sufficient resource is available to realise customer expectations, to ensure legal compliance and to see that the requirements of any relevant national or international standards are satisfied.

That sounds very professional, and it doesn't leave much room for misinterpretation.

So why is there so much difficulty in locating and supplying the relevant certifications that were obtained by Raspberry Pi?  Or does the above Statement of Quality Policy apply only to Farnell UK?

BTW, you can also add to the list that the hazardous materials tests report is not available either and the individual ROHS certificate automatically generated by e14 won't do.

There are a few tidbits here:

... the product was tested for RoHS which showed bromine in several plastics and a trace of cadmium in one component but was declared compliant, and the REACH analysis of Substances of Very High Concern concluded that the Pi was low risk.

http://www.element14.com/community/community/legislation/europe/other/blog/2012/05/02/raspberry-pi--the-road-to-compliance

btw, there was an interesting case a few years ago of Hobby Lobby importing

RF devices without proper FCC certification, as discussed in this thread:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1057497

post #2 says:

Jeti is working on the FCC paperwork. It is my understanding that the system meets all the requirements.

 

 

Thanks,

Jason Cole

Hobby Lobby

post #6 says:

Hey guys,

I'm not exactly sure about the process. It's my understanding that the modules and rx's meet all of the FCC requirements, but Jeti never went the certification process. We have suspended all sales until this is worked out. We will inform customers who purchased thus far if they need to do anything. Hopefully Jeti will resolve this soon, I really want to try out the variometer!

 

 

Thanks,

Jason Cole

Hobby Lobby

 

BTW, you can also add to the list that the hazardous materials tests report is not available either and the individual ROHS certificate automatically generated by e14 won't do.

There are a few tidbits here:

... the product was tested for RoHS which showed bromine in several plastics and a trace of cadmium in one component but was declared compliant, and the REACH analysis of Substances of Very High Concern concluded that the Pi was low risk.

http://www.element14.com/community/community/legislation/europe/other/blog/2012/05/02/raspberry-pi--the-road-to-compliance

btw, there was an interesting case a few years ago of Hobby Lobby importing

RF devices without proper FCC certification, as discussed in this thread:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1057497

post #2 says:

Jeti is working on the FCC paperwork. It is my understanding that the system meets all the requirements.

 

 

Thanks,

Jason Cole

Hobby Lobby

post #6 says:

Hey guys,

I'm not exactly sure about the process. It's my understanding that the modules and rx's meet all of the FCC requirements, but Jeti never went the certification process. We have suspended all sales until this is worked out. We will inform customers who purchased thus far if they need to do anything. Hopefully Jeti will resolve this soon, I really want to try out the variometer!

 

 

Thanks,

Jason Cole

Hobby Lobby