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Before testing begins, the CCMC provides the applicant, who could be the manufacturer or Canadian distributor of a product, with a list of recognized laboratories. The applicant contacts the laboratory to determine the number of specimens required for testing purposes. The applicant then arranges, through the CCMC, for a representative to identify random samples before they are sent directly to a CCMC-recognized laboratory. The applicant must also authorize the laboratory to forward an original copy of the test report for each sample directly to the CCMC. If the product is manufactured at several plants, identified samples from each facility are required.
The CCMC representative will undertake the following:
- randomly identify samples from the primary storage at the manufacturing plant. The samples that are picked should be from the last few production shifts. The samples will be identified with a preauthorized designation; and
- witness the manufacturing of a similar product type or verify that the plant has the equipment and resources to manufacturer the product in question.
The representative will confirm to the CCMC the date and place of the inspection and the designation used for identification. In situations where it is not possible to identify samples from the primary storage, as is the case for windows and site-manufactured products (e.g., polyurethane foam insulation), the representative will witness the assembly or manufacture of the sample to be identified.
Failure to follow the sampling procedures or have testing conducted at a recognized laboratory will delay the evaluation of the product, since partial or complete retesting may be required.
