This standard specifies the requirements for brown sugar which is the initial product made from sugar-cane juice packed in containers not exceeding 50 kg, net weight.

This publication was last reviewed and confirmed in 2025. Therefore this version remains current.

1.1         This standard specifies:

(a)          requirements for the manufacturing, alloying and testing of gold articles of 23, 22, 20, 18, 15, 14, 12, 10 and 9 kt gold;

(b)         requirements for findings and solders to be used in the manufacture of gold articles;

(c)          methods for assaying gold, alloyed gold, solder, findings and gold articles;

(d)         non-destructive testing of gold articles by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF); and

(e)          requirements for making and labelling of imported gold articles.

NOTE 1 It does not specify requirements for design of gold articles and does not apply to gold articles intended for industrial purpose such as dentistry, electronics, official coins, gold bars and other such uses.

  This standard specifies:

a a)  requirements for the manufacturing, alloying and testing of gold articles of 23, 22, 20, 18, 15, 14,12, 10 and 9 kt gold;

b b) requirements for findings and solders to be used in the manufacture of gold articles;

c c) methods for assaying gold, alloyed gold, solder, findings and gold articles; and

d d) requirements for marking and labelling of imported gold articles.

 
NNOTE It does not specify requirements for design of gold articles and does not apply to gold articles intended for industrial purposes such as dentistry, electronics, official coins, gold bars and other such uses.

This International Standard describes the fundamentals of product certification and provides guidelines for understanding, developing, operating or maintaining certification schemes for products, processes and services. It is intended for use by all with an interest in product certification, and especially by certification scheme owners.

NOTE 1 In this International Standard the term “product” can also be read as “process” or “service”, except in those instances where separate provisions are stated for “processes” or “services”. Definitions of product, process and service are given in ISO/IEC 17065.

NOTE 2 The certification of products, processes and services is a third-party conformity assessment activity (see ISO/IEC 17000) carried out by product ertification bodies. The requirements for product certification bodies are specified in ISO/IEC 17065.