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Old 06-20-2014, 12:16 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by boatpoker View Post

From the ABYC Standards manual ....

ABYC and its committees do not "approve", "certify" or "endorse" any item, construction or propietary device.
And they "are not intended to preclude attainment of desired results by other means."

Semantics aside, I would argue that they do tacitly by word-smithing their standards or using criteria of other standards to allow or disallow certain manufacturer's products.
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