Question Posed:
Does the IPC-1752 date field have to be updated each year even if there has been no change in materials?
Answer Provided:
The date field in the IPC-1752A update schedule/expectation is not a requirement of the standard itself but subject to business relationship expectations (i.e. what a customer expects). In many cases, the industry expects declarations to be updated every year, otherwise they cannot be certain if materials have changed or not.
Reference: http://www.ipc.org/3.0_industry/3.4_ehs/materials-declaration/ipc-1752a-general-information.pdf
**Article contents valid as of 2017-10-17
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