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Release Date: 05/09/27

Technical Committees Take to the Field

Some of the technical Committees of the St. Lucia Bureau of Standards are taking to the field.  The committees are visiting manufacturing and production plants to experience the respective processes first hand.  This, they expect, will inform the development of the various draft Standards currently being developed.

The visits allow the Technical Committees to compare what obtains with what is being proposed in the draft standards (which are based on international standards).  In that way, it is hoped that the finalized and adopted Saint Lucia National Standard will be both practical and applicable and will not become a technical barrier to trade.

Recently the Mechanical Engineering Products and Practices subcommittee of the SLBS Construction and Engineering Technical Committee visited the Texaco LPG Filling Station in Cul-de-Sac to observe the process for filling, storage and handling of Liquid Petroleum Gases (LPGs).  The visit facilitated the development of the draft Standard for Specification for Filling, Handling, Storage, Transportation and Location of Portable Cylinders for Liquefied Petroleum Gases which is now out for public review and comment. 

More site visits of this nature are scheduled by other Technical committees of the SLBS. The Bakeries Working Group, which is working on the draft standard, DLNS 66:2005 – Specification for Bread and Rolls and draft Code of Practice DSLCP 8:2004 – Code of Practice for Bakeries will shortly be visiting a number of local bakeries.

Other standards currently out for public comment are:

• DLNS 70– Specification for Aggregates for Concrete

• DLNS 67– Specification for Vinegar

• DLNS 87– Specification for Ice Cream and

• DLNS/IEC 989 – Separating Transformers, autotransformers, variable transformers and reactors.

The Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards encourages stakeholders, consumers, manufacturers and the general public to continue playing their part by reviewing these draft standards available at all libraries, the Ministry of Commerce, Chamber of Commerce, SLISBA, Consumer Affairs. Comments and suggestions on the proposed standards must be submitted to the Bureau before the indicated final day for comments.