Workshop: Control and management of hazardous waste in testing laboratories/ Control y manejo de residuos peligrosos en laboratorios de ensayo

Webinar: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Bridging the Standardisation Gap

WORLD STANDARDS DAY 2020: PROTECTING THE PLANET WITH STANDARDS

World Standards Day 2020 is themed “Protecting the planet with standards”. Each year on 14 October, the members of the IEC, ISO and ITU celebrate World Standards Day, which is a means of paying tribute to the collaborative efforts of thousands of experts worldwide who develop the voluntary technical agreements that are published as International Standards.

World Metrology Day 2020

The theme for World Metrology Day 2020 is Measurements for global trade.

This theme was chosen to create awareness of the important role measurement plays in facilitating fair global trade, ensuring products meet standards and regulations, and satisfying customer quality expectations.

Accreditation: Improving Food Safety

WHO estimated that 33 million years of healthy lives are lost due to eating unsafe food globally each year. The Role of Accreditation It is important that the market has assurance that conformity assessment bodies operate to acceptable
standards and this is the purpose of accreditation. The accreditation process determines, in the public interest, the technical competence and integrity of
these organizations.