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 prescribes the wording of a warning notice and its presentation to the consumers in advertisements for cigarettes on television, radio, press, posters and other media of communication. It also covers the requirements for the advertising of other tobacco products. Certain types of promotional materials and advertisements are excluded (See 3.7).

This standard applies to the labelling of individual packages and cartons of tobacco products intended for retail sale in the Caribbean Community. It specifies the information, the method of display of such information, the wording and presentation of health warnings to be included on the labels of retail packages of tobacco products intended to be sold in the Caribbean Community. But it does not apply to the labelling of cases of such individual packages or cartons, irrespective of sizes, provided the cases are not displayed or used at the point of sale.

This standard outlines minimum requirements for performance, labelling, construction and testing of non-medical face masks. These non-medical face masks are intended to reduce the risk of general transmission of infectious agents but do not fall under the ambit of personal protective equipment (PPE).

This standard is applicable to non-medical face masks made out of paper, plastic, fabric or any other breathable materials, synthetic or natural, that are disposable or reusable. It also applies to non-medical face masks that are stitched or bonded by any other methods.

This standard does not apply to the following types of face masks:

a)     folded without stitching;

b)     medical; and

c)      elastomeric particulate respirators.

This standard does not address flame resistance, high-heat, electrical arc or related hazards.

This document specifies chemical and labelling requirements for alcohol based hand sanitizers.

This standard applies to over-the-counter alcohol-based hand sanitizers.

This standard does not apply to:

a)              Non-alcohol based hand sanitizers;

b)              medical-grade hand sanitizers;

hand sanitizers used for surgical application