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 specifies the general labelling requirements for Electrical Equipment, Fittings and household electrical appliances and their detachable heating element(s) if any, offered for sale in Guyana. This Guyana Standard shall be applied for all Electrical Equipment, Fittings and household electrical appliance, should there be a standard for a particular product it shall be applied in conjunction with the labelling requirements of this standard.

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 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 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 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).