The Center was established based on the decision of the Board of Directors of Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) No. (165) dated 05-07-2018 as one of the strategic projects of the "Product Safety" initiative, one of SASO's initiatives in the National Transformation Program 2020 to achieve Saudi Vision 2030.
The center is focused on building an integrated work system among relevant national bodies to exchange information regarding unsafe products that fall within SASO's scope and may cause incidents that harm the health and safety of consumers, properties, or the environment. Additionally, it raises recommendations regarding those products for appropriate action to be taken by regulatory bodies according to their competencies through "Rasid Electronic System."
Center objectives:
1. Contributing to the preservation of the health and safety of consumers, properties, and the environment through:
• Reducing the spread/entry of unsafe products in Saudi market.
• Seeking to raise awareness among consumers about monitored unsafe products and their associated risks.
2. Establishing an integrated work system of national agencies to facilitate fast and reliable communication and information exchange regarding unsafe products and their associated incidents, and raising recommendations about them through:
• Launching Rasid Electronic System and qualifying partner bodies to use it.
3. Establishing an electronic database of unsafe products that contains
Categories of unsafe products, results of incident cause's analysis, associated risks of products, their classification, and issuing reports on them.
The departments affiliated with the center:
1- Monitoring and Analysis Department
• It is concerned with monitoring similar international alarm centers for unsafe products proactively.
• Collecting and analyzing information about unsafe products.
2- Alarm and Follow-up Department
• Notifying about unsafe products based on the results of proactive monitoring and communicating with relevant bodies regarding them.
• Preparing reports and statistics on unsafe products.
Strategic Partners:
The center collaborates with a group of strategic partners to ensure the effectiveness of the system and achieve its goals, These partners are:
• Ministry of Health
• Ministry of Commerce
• Ministry of Municipalities and Housing
• Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources
• Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority
• General Directorate of Civil Defense
• Vehicle Safety Center
• Consumer Protection Association
• Saudi Red Crescent Authority
• Public Health Authority
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