Standards

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

The purpose of this standard is to provide the quality requirements for grades of watermelon in a lot.

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 applies to Green Plantain, Musa paradisice on the bunch supplied to both the local and export markets.

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.

This standard applies to commercial varieties of cassava grown from (Manihot dulcis baill and Manihot esculenta crantz) to be supplied fresh to the consumer, after preparation and packaging. Cassavas for industrial processing are excluded.

This standard specifies the general requirements for a laboratory safety management system, which will enable a laboratory to formulate a policy and objectives, taking into account legislative requirements and information about significant risks, which the laboratory can control and over which it can be expected to have an influence, to protect its employees and others, whose health and safety may be affected by the activities of the laboratory. In addition this standard specifies specific requirements for medical laboratories. This standard is applicable to any laboratory that wishes to: (a) implement, maintain and improve an Occupational Safety and Health Management System; (b) assure itself of its conformance with its stated safety policy; and (c) make s self-determination and self –declaration of conformance with this standard.

ISO/IEC 17021:2006 contains principles and requirements for the competence, consistency and impartiality of the audit and certification of management systems of all types (e.g. quality management systems or environmental management systems) and for bodies providing these activities. Certification bodies operating to this International Standard need not offer all types of management system certification.

Certification of management systems is a third-party conformity assessment activity. Bodies performing this activity are therefore third-party conformity assessment bodies.

This Guide is intended to help producers to prepare clear and concise certificates to accompany certified reference materials. Such certificates, while maintaining their essential character, should help to provide, in summary form, all the information needed by the user of the reference. material.