When you purchase a bag of rice or a sack of flour, do you sometimes worry that the quantity stated on the package is not what you are paying for? As grocery prices continue to affect household budgets, how can one be confident that the weight printed on the package...
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World Metrology Day 2026 Challenge Winners
World Metrology Day recognizes the vital role that measurement science plays in ensuring accuracy, quality, innovation, fairness, and confidence in decision-making across all sectors of society. As part of this year’s celebrations, the Metrology Division hosted the WMD 2026 Challenge, which highlighted the importance of metrology and encouraged greater public...
The Enforcement of TTCS 24:2023 – Electrical Appliances: Compulsory Requirements.
The Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS), through its Implementation Division, recently hosted a stakeholder consultation on the enforcement of TTCS 24:2023 – Electrical Appliances: Compulsory Requirements. The session engaged importers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers of electrical appliances in discussions surrounding updated requirements for product safety, labelling, conformity assessment...
Celebrating World Metrology Day 2026
May 20th is World Metrology Day, commemorating the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention in Paris, in 1875. This treaty provides the basis for a worldwide unified measurement system that supports scientific discovery and innovation, manufacturing, trade, and consumer protection, as well as the improvement of the quality of life...
TTBS Continues Rollout of National Programme to Strengthen Measurement Accuracy and Trust in Trade
The Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS), through its Certification Division, has officially awarded Metrology Practitioner Registration Programme (MPRP) certificates to The Trinidad Label Company Limited (TLC) and eight of its technicians, further advancing the national rollout of this critical regulatory initiative. The certification ceremony, held on April 23,...
MASTERING MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY
Dear Valued Stakeholder, The Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) is pleased to present MASTERING MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY, a series of Measurement Uncertainty Workshops. To Register please click on the following link: https://forms.gle/mAcQiuQTK5g66xQN6 We look forward to your participation
General Metrology Workshop
Dear Valued Stakeholders, Please see the following E-flyer for the General Metrology Workshop. Kindly register using the following link: https://forms.gle/TqVzduL1aMCggNfG8