Prescribes requirements for products to be sold as shortening within the Caribbean community. It includes specification of composition, methods of sampling and analysis, and guidance on the use of food additives.

This standard applies to a class of fruit spreads commonly known as jams and jellies which may be prepared from single fruits or from two or more fruits. The distinguishing characteristics of the product are: (a) a substantial amount of fruit ingredient is required in the formulation; and (b) the end product has a relatively high soluble solids value. The terms “jams” and “preserves” are frequently used interchangeably. “Jellies” are differentiated from jams in that the fruit ingredient consists of the juice that has been extracted from whole fruits and clarified by filtration or other means. This standard does not apply to: (a) products prepared with non-carbohydrates sweeteners and which are clearly intended or labeled as intended for diabetic or dietetic use; (b) products with a low sugar content; (c) products prepared from citrus fruit, commonly referred to as marmalade; or (d) products clearly intended and marked as for manufacturing use.

 This standard specifies a method for the determination of the breaking force of intra-uterine devices (IUDs) with or without a thread, provided that the type of IUD permits the use of the method specified in this standard.  

 This standard specifies requirements for the packaging and labelling of intra-uterine devices (IUDs). 

1.1         This standard specifies:

(a)          requirements for the manufacturing, alloying and testing of gold articles of 23, 22, 20, 18, 15, 14, 12, 10 and 9 kt gold;

(b)         requirements for findings and solders to be used in the manufacture of gold articles;

(c)          methods for assaying gold, alloyed gold, solder, findings and gold articles;

(d)         non-destructive testing of gold articles by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF); and

(e)          requirements for making and labelling of imported gold articles.

NOTE 1 It does not specify requirements for design of gold articles and does not apply to gold articles intended for industrial purpose such as dentistry, electronics, official coins, gold bars and other such uses.

  This standard specifies:

a a)  requirements for the manufacturing, alloying and testing of gold articles of 23, 22, 20, 18, 15, 14,12, 10 and 9 kt gold;

b b) requirements for findings and solders to be used in the manufacture of gold articles;

c c) methods for assaying gold, alloyed gold, solder, findings and gold articles; and

d d) requirements for marking and labelling of imported gold articles.

 
NNOTE It does not specify requirements for design of gold articles and does not apply to gold articles intended for industrial purposes such as dentistry, electronics, official coins, gold bars and other such uses.

This standard specifies inter alia conversion factors to be used in converting quantities measured in Imperial to SI and other units. It sets out procedures for the uniform use for these conversion factors. It is intended for use in everyday operations in government commerce, industry, education certain branches of technology and sport.

This standard applies to salted fish and dried salted fish which has been fully saturated with salt (heavy salted) or to salted fish which has been preserved by partial saturation to a salt content not less than 12% by weight of the salted fish which may be offered for consumption without further industrial processing.

This standard specifies basic methods for testing the physical properties of paints and surface coatings.