What is the Commonwealth Standards Network? Funding Agency: DFID (UK Government) Beneficiary: 53 Commonwealth Member Country NSBs Duration: <2 Years (06/2018- 03/2020) Contract type: Accountable Grant Arrangement [AGA] The CSN is a platform for Commonwealth countries to exchange ideas, share best practice and impart knowledge. Its key aim will be to facilitate trade and […]
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INTRODUCTION Successful companies have been studied and the common elements identified are captured in a set of international standards known as the ISO 9000 Quality Management System series. A quality management system has been described as business common sense. It is a business improvement tool which provides guidance on good management practices. Training in a
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Food safety is everyone’s responsibility. Farmers and growers, manufacturers and processors, food handlers and consumers, all have a responsibility to assure that food is safe and suitable for consumption. Outbreaks of food-borne illness are at best unpleasant; at worst, they can be fatal. Other consequences include damage to trade and tourism which can lead to loss of earnings, unemployment and litigation.
Food businesses need to implement food safety systems to ensure that they take food safety hazards into consideration and put in place control measures to deal with them. The Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) is the globally recognized approach for developing a food safety system.
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SLBS HOSTS SALCC LECTURES The Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards is continuing efforts to bring standardization education to schools. For the fifth year running the SLBS partnered with the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC) for the schools engagement with standardization, conformity assessment and metrology awareness as part of activities to mark World Standards Day
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REPRESENTATIVES of national standard bodies from several Caribbean countries are in Guyana this week, participating in a three-day regional workshop on Information Technology (IT) for User Administrators. The event which began began on Tuesday at the Marriott Hotel, is being funded by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), through the Guyana National Bureau of Standards
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The CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) in collaboration with the Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards will be hosting a half- day information session on the establishment of an energy efficiency labelling scheme. The labelling scheme will introduce minimum energy performance standards for lighting (CFLs and LEDs), refrigerators and air conditioners, and will explore the development and/or
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The Commonwealth Standards Network aims to provide a platform for collaboration between NSBs and key stakeholders throughout the Commonwealth. The objective of the network is to promote the role of standards as a tool to increase intra-Commonwealth trade and to strengthen the quality infrastructure in all our countries. The network will build on the shared
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NOTICE The public is advised of the closure of all SLBS locations on Friday 19th October 2018. This is to allow all employees to attend an important meeting. Regular services will resume on Monday 22 October 2018. Thank you for your understanding.
The Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards (SLBS) was established in 1991 and administers the Standards Act No. 14 of 1990 (Chapter 13.25) & the Metrology Act No. 17 of 2000 (Chapter 13.18) The SLBS is governed by a Standards Council appointed by the Minister in the Department of Commerce, Industry, Investment, Enterprise Development and Consumer
The Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards is preparing to mark the observance of World Standards Day on October 14th 2018. As in previous years, the SLBS will be hosting a series of major activities which will be held under the theme International Standards and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. World Standards Day is an international observance
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