Standards

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 standard establishes general labelling requirements for goods. It is applicable to all goods which are sold, distributed or used, except those for which more specific requirements have been elsewhere prescribed in CARICOM Regional Standards, or national regulations.

This standard specifies requirements for the information to be included on labels of goods pre-packaged for sale, the method of display of such information, and where necessary, the wording and units of measurements to be used. This standard does not apply to the following: a) Goods that are sold unpackaged, or in an open or uncovered package; b) Goods that are weighed, measured or counted in the presence of the purchaser with or without being packaged. c) Goods in packages not intended for retail sale; d) Goods or classes of goods where different or additional information is prescribed by any CARICOM Regional Standard. e) Goods intended for export only which comply with the requirements of standards or laws on labelling enforced in the country to which they are being exported; f) Gift-wrapped goods; g) Markings on shipping containers; and h) Goods in commercial quantities that are not for retail sale.

This standard specifies the labelling requirements for toys and playthings sold in Guyana, whether they are locally made or imported. This standard shall be read in conjunction with GYS 9-1:1994, “Specification for labelling of commodities - Part 1: General principles”.

This standard specifies requirements for the labelling of household chemicals sold in Guyana, whether locally made or imported, and gives a series of warning labels corresponding to the designated classes of dangerous goods as detailed in Appendix A. This standard shall be read in conjunction with GYS 9-1 :1994, “Specification for labelling of commodities - Part 1: General principles”.

This standard specifies requirements for the precautionary labelling of hazardous industrial chemicals sold or intended for sale in Guyana, whether locally made or imported. This standard shall be read in conjunction with GYS 9-1 : 1994, “Specification for labelling of commodities – Part 1 : General principles”

This standard specified the requirements for the information to be included on labels of seed packages and the method of display of such information.

This standard specifies the labelling requirements for all biodegradable food containers manufactured in or imported into Guyana.

This standard applies to electric cooking and heating appliances and to electric ,motor-operated or magnetically-driven appliances for household and similar purposes, including office machines.

This standard specifies attachment fused and unfused plugs (caps), shuttered receptacles (sockets) for flush surface mounting. These plugs and sockets are suitable for alternating current circuits only of voltages not exceeding 250 volts and currents not exceeding 15 amperes.  The plugs and receptacles covered by this standard are intended for use in making readily detachable electrical connections in non-hazardous locations between supply circuits and portable lamps, appliances and similar equipment.