A new promotional initiative by the CROSQ Secretariat is gaining traction and brining new perspectives to the region’s journey in the area of quality infrastructure (QI). Themed The QUALITY Link, the series features a new national standards body each month, alongside episodes from the Secretariat itself, highlighting an issue or...
Two National Trinidad and Tobago Labs Internationally Accredited
by Ms Donna Sealy (contributor) The Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) and the National Petroleum Marketing Company Ltd. (NP) are the first two state-owned organisations to receive their accreditation certificates in Trinidad and Tobago. Both public laboratories, now accredited to the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) standard for non-medical laboratories...
TTBS Certification Division Accredited
Submitted by the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) The Certification Division of the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) is now accredited to the international standard ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 for its ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems Certification Program. The accreditation was granted by the Jamaica National Agency for...
Regional Quality Infrastructure Courses Coming
Online courses in quality infrastructure will soon be offered by the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ). The Secretariat, under the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Component of the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Programme, is currently in the process of developing five new...
Jamaica Bureau Celebrates Four More Laboratory Accreditations
Submitted by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) FOUR more laboratories of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) are now accredited. The four – Concrete and Masonry Laboratory; Aggregates Laboratory and Cement Laboratory in the Testing and Industrial Services Branch and the Energy Efficiency Laboratory in the Electrical and Electronics...
