As a side note I recently purchased a new battery for my GPS unit. Much to my surprise the package the battery was contained in had "ISO 9001:2008" printed on it. A clear violation in several respects. The package also said "made in China" where such violations seem to be rampant.
The certification marks (which includes the ISO 9001 terminology) are not to be used an any manner that makes it look like the product is certified. The marks are not to be used on the product or the product packaging. The year of the applicalble standard does not have to be used, but if it is used it has to be the correct year. Finally, if you are a certified company the use of the ISO 9001 terminology must also say one of four words: certified, certification, registered, or registration.
To me it is pretty obvious that the battery maker is very likely not certified and is only trying to make it look like they are and that the product is also certified.
I wish there was a convenient place for such violations to be reported when encountered outside of the scope of an audit. I see such violations often among clients suppliers (which is outside of the scope of the audit and up to the supplier's CB to enforce) or other places in commerce outside of auditing activity. Without that, there isn't any teeth in enforcement of the pretenders or the organizations that don't have diligent auditors or diligent CBs.
