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<p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has maintained close contact
with the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) who investigated a complaint about CARES
from UK Steel about labelling and traceability of imports.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>UKAS concluded that CARES responded in an appropriate way to the concerns raised,
in line with the expectations and requirements of the accreditation standard. That
conclusion has been communicated to UK steel and to the All Party Parliamentary Group
on steel.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We understand from UKAS that there has been
an increase in CARES’ vigilance with increased sampling and checks.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>I have also been advised that, as a result of ongoing discussions between
CARES and UK Steel, the association supplied samples of imported rebar and CARES testing
found it was non-compliant. As a consequence we understand CARES visited the Chinese
steel mill and conducted further sampling and testing but found no evidence of stock
production being non-compliant.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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