The prohibition can lead to "game playing" with data and industry codes when contracts are given out, he said.

But industry codes are not likely to be trusted by a public already skeptical about corporate environmental claims.

The agency approved 557 basic and 189 supplemental industry codes in two years.

This is done by utilising industry codes of practice.

These programs employ many of the industry codes and mathematical formulas that banks use when setting up card accounts.

Hundreds of industry codes were created, including a code governing the fur industry.

The negative responses, he said, were industry code for having the proverbial "face for radio."

Consumers in Canada are also protected under a voluntary industry code which is overseen by the Canadian federal government.

And the more complications - industry code for elaborate functions like the emergency beacon - the better.

Later this summer, a new industry code of practice will help you find out.