This Code of Practice specifies hygienic and safety practices for the processing, packaging, storage, and transport of rice for human consumption.

This Code of Practice specifies general hygienic practices for the primary production and packing of fresh fruits and vegetables (cultivated for human consumption) in order to produce a safe and wholesome product, particularly for those intended to be consumed raw. Specifically, this Code is applicable to fresh fruits and vegetables grown in the field (with or without cover) or in protected facilities (hydroponic systems, greenhouses). It concentrates no microbial hazards and addresses physical and chemical hazards only in so far as these relate to Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs). This Code does not provide recommendations for handling practices to maintain the safety of fresh fruits and vegetables at wholesale, retail, food services or in the home. It excludes food products for which there is a specific Codex Alimentarius Code of Hygienic Practice. This Code shall be read in conjunction with the latest version of GYS 13, “Specification for food hygiene”.

This standard applies to Watermelon, Cirtullus lanatus (Thunb) to be supplied fresh to the consumer.

This standard specifies requirements for bread including buns and rolls and methods of test for these requirements.

This standard specifies the requirements and the methods of test for ice-cream and related products, with the incorporation of fruits, nuts or chocolate either singly or in combination.

This standard specifies the requirements and the methods of test for ice-cream and related products, with the incorporation of fruits, nuts, or chocolate either singly or in combination. 

This standard specifies requirements for cassava bread and related products, intended for human consumption, obtained from the processing of bitter cassava.

This standard specifies requirements for brewery products including beer, stout, shandy and malta; to be sold or traded in the CARICOM region.

 It is not applicable to beverages that are not derived from cereals, sold under common names including the words "beer" and "ale".

EXAMPLE Ginger beer, ginger ale, root beer are not covered by this standard.

This standard prescribes the requirements and the methods of test for carbonated beverages.

This standard specifies the requirements for the essential and desirable characteristics required to be analysed for ascertaining the suitability of potable water.