Standards

This Code specifies guidelines for excavations and foundations for building construction. These include temporary and permanent excavation for foundation, drainage system, utilities – water supply systems, sanitation systems, electrical cabling, etc., reservoirs and swimming pools. This Code shall apply for low and medium rise buildings. Prescriptive methods for timber pile foundations are also considered. Comprehensive design methods involving the application of engineering calculations are not within the scope of this Code.

This Code of Practice specifies the requirements for the materials, construction, workmanship and finish employed in the manufacture of furniture such as upholstered furniture, built in furniture, craft furniture and inclusive of common types and style of furniture, manufactured internationally, now extant and what may be developed in the future.

This Code of Practice does not cover metal or metal frame furniture, plastic furniture or hospital furniture.

This Code of Practice provides guidelines to the policies and basic procedures of the Agency to be followed by the recalling firm in respect of any product which represents a hazard to the consumer and/or violates existing regulations.

This Code of Practice specifies the requirements and practices to be observed in the preparation, presentation and service of street-vended foods and beverages.

This standard shall govern all individual and legal entities involved in the preparation and/or sale of foods and beverages in the street and shall apply to places where they are prepared, points where they are sold and means of transport used to carry the product from place of preparation to point of sale.

This standard apply to the following products which carry, or are intended to carry, descriptive labelling referring to organic production methods:(a unprocessed plants and plant products, livestock and livestock products to the extent that the principles of production and specific inspection rules for them are introduced in Appendices A and B; and(b) processed agricultural crop and livestock products intended for human consumption derived mainly from (a) above.

This publication was last reviewed and confirmed in 2025. Therefore this version remains current.

Adopted CRCP 1: 2010. This Code of Practice recommends appropriate general techniques for collecting, processing, packaging, storing, transporting, distributing and offering for sale, all bottled or packaged drinking water for direct consumption.

This Code of Practice establishes the recommendations for the hygienic preparation of packaged natural coconut water  inclusive of harvesting, processing, packaging, storing, transporting and distributing.

This Code of Practice sets out the recommendations for the hygienic preparation of packaged natural coconut water including harvesting, processing, packaging, storing, transporting and distributing.

This standard specifies composition, production, processing and handling of raw milk, heat treated liquid milk and factory milk for human consumption.

This Code of Practice gives guidelines for the preparation, processing and packaging of frozen fruit pulps and purées for use in the manufacture of fruit juices and nectars within the CARICOM region. This Code of Practice is applicable to pulps and purées obtained from edible fruits. It describes the requirements for pulps and purées and the methods of analysis to be used.