Luckily, most of today's corned beef is processed without nitrates (saltpeter), which used to be used as a preservative against botulism and to maintain the bright red color.
OSHA, an agency of the Department of Labor, publishes a list of Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories. Organizations currently recognized by OSHA as NRTLs: 1  Canadian Standards Association (CSA) (also known as CSA International). 2  Communication Certification Laboratory, Inc. (CCL).he testing and certification are done to U.S. consensus-based product safety test standards. These test standards are not developed or issued by OSHA, but are issued by U.S. standards organizations, such as the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
Type approval. Type Approval or Certificate of Conformity is granted to a product that meets a minimum set of regulatory, technical and safety requirements. Generally, type approval is required before a product is allowed to be sold in a particular country, so the requirements for a given product will vary around the world.