Bridgetown, Barbados — Chief Executive Officer of the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality, Dr. Sharonmae Smith Walker, has highlighted the importance of food safety standards to the Region’s food security, public health, and trade competitiveness. Speaking at a recent Food Safety Standards Webinar, co-hosted with the British Standards...
CROSQ, UNIDO Charting Path for Developments in National Metrology Acts in the Region
Bridgetown, Barbados — The CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) hosted a series of national stakeholder consultations to modernise Metrology Acts in the region. The online consultations were conducted in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), under the Caribbean Component of the African, Caribbean and...
Labs Preparing for Equipment Arrivals
Three metrology labs in the region are about ready to begin receiving equipment that will provide their local industry players with measurement-support services. The labs, in Barbados, Dominica and St Kitts and Nevis, have been upgrading their physical plants to be able to adequately house and use the equipment that...
Strengthening the RQI
The CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to US$ 752,850 towards the cost of Strengthening of Regional Quality Infrastructure Programme. The Project consists of three (3) interventions to strengthen the regional quality infrastructure in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The...