<div dir="ltr">Regulatory issues are a pretty major issue in Open Hardware, some of us at Wuthering Bytes in the UK were discussing the likes of obtaining CE certification in Europe and how to those of us that have looked a short way into it have been put off by the seeming mountain of work that needs to be done. So any work on making them more transparent is welcomed. A central knowledge repository could be a good way to start or we pool lists of the distributed information, which regulatory information can be found on what site. When do we start?<div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt"> That fits perfectly with our design of a <a href="http://www.fan.pretzely.net" target="_blank">hot dog</a> in shape of a pretzel! (And a corndog pretzel shaped, see image)</span>
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I just got forwarded these links about a KickStarter to fund a set of open source policies and procedures for following USDA guidelines when creating cured meats.
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