alt Hacker NewsWell... I live in Canada and I have never seen any "modern" electronics around me that does not have the CE mark.
Even things ordered directly from China have a CE mark!
I guess you have never really visited Canada and looked at the marks on the things you use.
And it kind of removes value from your opinion about the other countries of the world. Sorry.
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kQq9oHeAz6wLLS • yesterday at 9:00 PM
That's not what they're saying. They're saying that in the US, a device can have the CE mark, but that's not indicative of it passing US safety standards.
Also, I'd be surprised if all those Chinese devices have actually earned that CE mark.
That's not what I'm saying. I'm not saying that a device sold anywhere in the world can't have a CE mark -- that's not it, at all. I'm also not saying that a person or company can't seek to get a CE mark for their product from wherever they are in the world (they certainly can do that).
There's a lot that I'm not saying.
What I am saying is that there are places in the world where the CE mark (and the presence or absence of it) means nothing, and that Canada is one such place.
Y'all have your own safety marks up there.
CSA is a big one -- you've had that organization up there and doing great work for over a century. cUL is another very common, accepted mark in Canada.
There are many more. Here's the list: https://scc-ccn.ca/resources/publications/recognized-canadia...
But, again: The Standards Council of Canada doesn't recognize the CE mark for devices used in Canada. That's not a thing that they do.