1 Scope

1.1 These requirements cover labels and related products for use as permanent nameplates or markings; bearing safety-related information, instructions, or identification in the form of text or pictographs on end-products. Adhesive-attached labels may be pressure-sensitive, heat-activated, or solvent-activated. These labels and related products are intended to be used by manufacturers for application to their products at their place of manufacture.

1.2 These requirements also cover:

1. a) Unprinted materials used by label converters to produce finished labels, such as blank label stocks, overlaminations, laminating adhesives and screen-printable adhesives;

2. b) Specific combinations of label material, ink, and/or printing/imaging process evaluated as a system;

3. c) Labels that are intended to be mechanically affixed;

4. d) Labels that are intended to be fused or molded into a plastic part; and

5. e) Direct part markings.

1.3 These requirements apply to marking and labeling systems used on complete devices, appliances, or equipment. The acceptability of a label system/material in a particular application is to be judged under the applicable requirements in the standard covering the device, appliance, or equipment on which the label system/material is used.

1.4 Marking and labeling systems are evaluated for specific uses and for application to specific surface materials that are essentially smooth, flat, and rigid unless another surface configuration is specified by the manufacturer.

1.5 These requirements do not cover flag labels, flag tags, wrap-around labels, and related products affixed to an electrical flexible cord or fluid carrying hose which are covered by the Standard for Marking and Labeling Systems – Flag Labels, Flag Tags, Wrap-Around Labels and Related Products, UL 969A.

Summary of Topics

This new Sixth Edition of ANSI/UL 969 dated July 24, 2025 includes the following:

– Expanded scope to include heat fusion labels and related products: 1.1, 1.2, 3.7, 6.1, Table 6.1, 7.5, 7.6, and Section 11.

– Expanded scope to include direct part markings: 1.2, 3.3, 4.2, and Table 4.1.

– General updates to clarify requirements: 1.2, 1.5, 3.2, 3.4, 3.7 – 3.11, 3.13, 3.16, 3.22 – 3.26, 4.1, 4.2, Table 4.1, Section 5, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.7, 8.1.1, Table 8.1, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, Table 8.2, Section 8.2, Section 8.3.1, Table 8.4, Sections 8.4 and 8.5.

– Incorporates editorial changes including renumbering and reformatting to align with current style.