Standards
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 applies to Ginger, Zingiber officinale grown locally to be supplied fresh to the
consumer, and excludes products for industrial processing.
The purpose of the standard is to provide the quality requirements for grades of ginger so as to assist exporters in their transactions.
This standard specifies the requirements for labelling of brewery products to be sold in Guyana. It does not cover beverages sold under common names including the words "beer " and "ale" that are not derived from cereals (for example, ginger beer, ginger ale root beer)
(This standard was replace by GYS 266: 2022).
This standard applies to salt used as an ingredient of food, both for direct sale to the consumer and for food manufacture. It applies also to salt used as a carrier of food additives and/or nutrients. Subject to the provisions of this standard more specific requirements for special needs may be applied. It does not apply to salt from origins other than those specified in Clause 2, notably the salt which is a by-product of chemical industries.
This standard applies to Green Plantain, Musa paradisice on the bunch supplied to both the local and export markets.
This standard specifies the requirements for curry powder which is used as a flavouring material in the preparation of foods.
This standard prescribes requirements for margarine and cooking margarine, and includes methods of sampling. It does not apply to any product containing less than 80% mass of fat which is labelled so as to be mistaken for margarine.
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 applies to commercial varieties of carambolas grown from Averrhoa carambola L. to be supplied fresh to the consumer, after preparation and packaging. Carambolas for industrial processing are excluded.
This standard applies to commercial varieties of sweet potato Ipomoea batatas to be supplied fresh to the consumer.