Clive Shelton
Consumer Product Compliance Expert
Clive Shelton, an expert in the field of consumer product compliance and a member of the CEN and BSI toy safety committees. He is an active participant in this work and closely involved in the drafting of toy standards for the UK and Europe. Clive is also the Principal UK expert on the ISO toys safety committee - TC 181.
He started his career in the commercial sector with Nestlé after gaining a degree in Chemistry from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1982 he left Nestlé to join the Laboratory of the Government Chemist at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), where he stayed for three years. After leaving the DTI, Mr. Shelton qualified as a Public Analyst and was a founding Partner of Central Scientific Laboratories in London. When that firm was merged with Eurofins Scientific UK he became Quality Director and Associate Director with responsibilities for the Consumer Safety Division.
In January 2003 Clive Shelton founded Clive Shelton Associates, a business consultancy advising companies on a wide range of Consumer Product Compliance Issues.
Mr. Shelton was a Lead/Technical Assessor for UKAS and HKAS, the laboratory accrediting bodies in the UK and Hong Kong/China for some 20 years.
Mr. Shelton is a member of several professional bodies including the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Association of Public Analysts.
Committees - present
- British Standards Committee – Toys safety – BSI/CW/15
- EU Standards Committee – Toys Safety – CEN/TC52
Sub committees in the EU
- TC52/WG3 – Mechanical and physical properties of toys – principal expert
- TC52/TG1 – Interpretations committee for WG3 – UK member
- TC52/WG5 - Chemicals in toys - principal expert
- TC52/WG9 – Organic chemicals in toys - convenor (past appointment)
- International Standards Organisation Committee ISO TC181 – principal expert
Professional
- Former Public Analyst with enforcement role under various Consumer Protection legislation
- Member of Association of Public Analysts
- Frequently involved in both criminal and civil litigation and described as an expert expert witness