The Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) is proud to announce successful transition of its ISO/IEC 17025:2017 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, quality system by the Inter-American Metrology System (SIM) on June 01st 2021. While TTBS received similar approval from its then accreditation body...
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Virtual Stakeholder Consultation – Standard for Safety of Toys
All manufacturers, importers, distributors, prospective importers and other stakeholders of toys. You are invited to participate in a Stakeholder Consultation on the National Compulsory Standard: TTCS 3: 2020 – Safety of Toys– Compulsory Requirements Key Objectives: To increase awareness of the requirements of this national compulsory standard To provide details...
TTBS to Commence Mandatory Enforcement for Laundry Detergent
Date: 2021-06-11 Stakeholders from the laundry detergent industry were formally advised of a moratorium period of sixty (60) days for the enforcement of the National Compulsory Standard: TTCS 7: 2020 – Laundry Detergent – Compulsory Requirements. The moratorium commenced on the 26th May 2021 and will conclude on the 1st...
Trinidad and Tobago Laboratory Accreditation Service Signs Memorandum of Understanding
Date: 2021-06-09 As the international community celebrates World Accreditation Day (WAD) 2021, the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) and the Trinidad and Tobago Laboratory Accreditation Service (TTLABS) has commenced a five-day webinar series highlighting the significant role accreditation plays in strengthening Trinidad and Tobago’s national quality infrastructure. The...
TTBS Celebrates World Metrology Day 2021
Today, we join the regional and international community in celebrating World Metrology Day, which is commemorated annually on May 20th in recognition of the worldwide measurement system that supports industrial manufacturing and international trade. World Metrology Day recognizes the positive impact of the measurement system in its effect on the...
Ensuring value for money at CNG dispensers
Dispensers at Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)service stations across the country are in the process of being verified by the Legal Metrology Inspectorate (LMI), a unit of the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS). The LMI recently commenced its verification work on nozzles of dispensers installed and maintained by the...
Webinar in Commemoration of World Metrology Day 2021
Date: Thursday 20th May, 2021 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Venue: ZOOM Featured Speaker: Dr Lisa Karam, Senior Scientist – National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST). Click Link to Register: https://tinyurl.com/ttbswmd21 2021 Theme: Measurement for Health Click here to read Message from the BIPM and BIML Directors on...
Virtual Stakeholder Consultation – Laundry Detergent
All manufacturers, importers, distributors, prospective importers and other stakeholders of Laundry Detergent. You are invited to participate in a Stakeholder Consultation on the National Compulsory Standard: TTCS 7: 2020 Laundry Detergent – Compulsory Requirements Date: Wednesday 26th May, 2021 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Click Link to Register: https://tinyurl.com/TTCS7...
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2021.
Webinar : Enabling safe and resilient workplaces with TTS/ISO 45001:2020, Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements with guidance for use This year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work – Anticipate, prepare and respond to crises – Invest Now in Resilient Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Systems...
T&T Receives International Recognition For Mass And Related Quantities
The Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) has pursued and achieved international recognition for Calibration and Measurement Capabilities (CMCs) in Mass and Related Quantities by participating in the International Committee for Weights and Measures – Mutual Recognition Arrangement (CIPM-MRA). This arrangement has placed Trinidad and Tobago in an internationally...