Editing Standardization (section)

===Ergonomics, workplace and health===
{{See also|Nutrient profiling|Cosmetics#Safety|Regulation of chemicals#Issues|Consumer protection|Living standard}}
In some cases, standards are being used in the design and operation of [[workplace]]s and products that can impact consumers' health. Some of such standards seek to ensure [[occupational safety and health]] and [[ergonomics]]. For example, [[chair]]s<ref name="10.1007/978-3-319-60582-1"/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Helander |first1=Martin G. |last2=Czaja |first2=Sara J. |last3=Drury |first3=Colin G. |last4=Cary |first4=James M. |last5=Burri |first5=George |title=An Ergonomic Evaluation of Office Chairs |journal=Office Technology and People |date=1 January 1987 |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=247–263 |doi=10.1108/eb022651 |issn=0167-5710}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tirloni |first1=Adriana Seára |last2=Reis |first2=Diogo Cunha dos |last3=Bornia |first3=Antonio Cezar |last4=Andrade |first4=Dalton Francisco de |last5=Borgatto |first5=Adriano Ferreti |last6=Moro |first6=Antônio Renato Pereira |title=Development and validation of instrument for ergonomic evaluation of tablet arm chairs |journal=EXCLI Journal |date=2016 |volume=15 |pages=671–686 |pmid=28337099|doi=10.17179/excli2016-568 |doi-access=free |pmc=5318684 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Applied Anthropometrics in School Furniture Design: Which Criteria Should be Used for Standardization? |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274136412 |via=ResearchGate |journal=Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics |date= June 2014 |first1=Ignacio |last1=Castellucci |first2=Pedro |last2=Arezes |first3=Johan |last3=Molenbroek  }}</ref> (see e.g. [[active sitting]] and [[Research#Steps in conducting research|steps of research]]) could be potentially be designed and chosen using standards that may or may not be based on adequate scientific data. Standards could reduce the variety of products and lead to convergence on fewer broad designs – which can often be efficiently mass-produced via common shared automated procedures and instruments – or formulations deemed to be the most healthy, most efficient or best compromise between healthiness and other factors. Standardization is sometimes or could also be used to ensure or increase or enable consumer health protection beyond the workplace and ergonomics such as standards in food, food production, hygiene products, tab water, cosmetics, drugs/medicine,<ref>{{cite web |title=Center for Drug Evaluation and Research – Drug Quality Sampling and Testing Programs |url=https://www.fda.gov/drugs/science-and-research-drugs/drug-quality-sampling-and-testing-programs |website=FDA |access-date=28 October 2021 |language=en |date=3 February 2021 |archive-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028110631/https://www.fda.gov/drugs/science-and-research-drugs/drug-quality-sampling-and-testing-programs |url-status=dead }}</ref> drink and dietary supplements,<ref>{{cite web |title=Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 |url=https://ods.od.nih.gov/About/dshea_wording.aspx |website=Office of Dietary Supplements |access-date=28 October 2021 |language=en |archive-date=6 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106175957/https://ods.od.nih.gov/About/DSHEA_Wording.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dietary Supplements & Herbal Medicines |url=https://www.usp.org/dietary-supplements-herbal-medicines |website=USP |access-date=28 October 2021 |language=en |archive-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028110622/https://www.usp.org/dietary-supplements-herbal-medicines |url-status=live }}</ref> especially in cases where there is robust scientific data that suggests detrimental impacts on health (e.g. of ingredients) despite being substitutable and not necessarily of consumer interest.{{additional citations needed|date=October 2021}}