ASTM D7612-10(2015)
Standard Practice for Categorizing Wood and Wood-Based Products According to Their Fiber Sources

Standard No.

ASTM D7612-10(2015)

Release Date

2010

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

ASTM D7612-21

Latest

ASTM D7612-21

Scope

5.1 Voluntary forest certification systems have become an important factor in promoting sustainable forest management. The standards in use are highly variable, however. Even within a family of standards with a common label there is the potential for wide variations in practices. This prevents producers and consumers from using a certification label to characterize products according to a specific set of qualities or values. This practice creates a framework to differentiate products based on a set of qualities and values identified as important in the market for wood products.

(A) See Appendix X3 for discussion of additional concepts related to sub-categorization of certified sources.

(B) For the purposes of categorizing products under this practice, distributors and retailers can rely on “on-product” labels for chain of custody or a certified procurement system if they are not engaged in significant value-added processing or remanufacture. In lieu of an on‐product label, a certificate of compliance indicating conformance with the applicable chain of custody or certified procurement system is permitted.

5.2 This practice is intended to be used by producers, distributors, retailers, or consumers who wish to understand where a product fits within three categories. At a minimum, the user will need to know the geographic origin of the wood going into a product and whether it is labeled or otherwise certified to a procurement system or chain of custody based on a voluntary forest management or certification standard. Producers who want to use this practice must be able to identify the geographic origin of the wood to at least the level needed to support the claims to consumers associated with a given category and described in 6.1.

1.1 This practice sets forth minimum criteria and evaluation requirements for products employing the use of different systems to trace wood fiber to sources operating under different forest management or forest certification systems.

1.2 The purpose of this practice is to provide wood products manufacturers, distributors, and retailers with a system to provide clear, objective information to communicate to consumers regarding product conformance to different wood fiber tracing systems within specific forest management or forest certification programs. It provides a structure that segregates the different types of labels and tracing systems in use among major forest certification standards and other voluntary and regulatory standards governing the production of forest products.

Note 1: The principles in this practice apply internationally, provided that the required information is available to support categorization. For example, products certified to the globally recognized forest certification standards will meet the “Certified Sources” category regardless of their origin, and documented risk assessments (noted in Appendix X5) provide the basis upon which raw materials sourced......

ASTM D7612-10(2015) Referenced Document

• ASTM D7480 Standard Guide for Evaluating the Attributes of a Forest Management Plan
• ASTM D9 Standard Terminology Relating to Wood

ASTM D7612-10(2015) history

• 2021 ASTM D7612-21 Standard Practice for Categorizing Wood and Wood-Based Products According to Their Fiber Sources
• 2010 ASTM D7612-10(2015) Standard Practice for Categorizing Wood and Wood-Based Products According to Their Fiber Sources
• 2010 ASTM D7612-10 Standard Practice for Categorizing Wood and Wood-Based Products According to Their Fiber Sources