Deryck M.S. Omar, chief executive officer for the CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality, has joined the ASTM International board of directors for a three year term commencing January 2016 ASTM made the announcement recently on its website, where more information can be found about the appointment. http://www.astmnewsroom.org/default.aspx?pageid=3906
Saint Lucia Receives Prestigious Award for Metrology
Saint Lucia this afternoon put quality infrastructure, and metrology in particular, on the map in a big way, when the Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards was awarded the prestigious Award for Excellent Achievements in Legal Metrology in Developing Countries’ from the International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OIML). The award was...
Conformity Assessment Bodies Encouraged To Work Together
Conformity Assessment Bodies across CARIFORUM States were encouraged on Monday to work together to build a stronger network to improve the quality and ease of regional and international trade. The advice came from CEO of the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ), Mr. Deryck Omar, as the first...
CROSQ To Launch Inaugural Conformity Assessment Week in Trinidad
A high level Caribbean Conformity Assessment Week - “Advancing Caribbean Trade through Quality Assurance” - will kick off in Trinidad and Tobago on Monday, November 2, 2015, with representatives from most of the CARIFORUM States in attendance. The week, being funded by the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Technical Barriers...
UWI Jamaica Laboratory Receives First Regional Accreditation for Pesticide Analysis
The Caribbean is now much more equipped to ensure safety from pesticides in fruits and vegetables with the accreditation of the University of the West Indies’ Jamaica-based Pesticide Research Laboratory (PRL) less than a week ago. The laboratory was accredited in the area of Food Testing by the Jamaica National...
