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The Saint Lucia Bureau of
Standards, established under the Standards Act of 1990, is the national agency responsible for the development and promotion of standards for the improvement of goods and services produced or used in Saint Lucia.
What is a Standard?
A standard is a precise and authoritative statement of the criteria necessary to ensure that a material, product or procedure is fit for the purpose for which it is intended. Standards therefore ensure safety of the consumer, as well as protection against deception caused by misleading marketing of a product or service. Standards also provide a yardstick against which products or services could be evaluated.
St. Lucia currently has 94 national standards, of which
23 are mandatory by law. Standards are developed on a consensus basis, through the work of local technical committees. These committees comprise of persons from various interest such as producers, consumers, technologists and other professionals from both private and public sectors.
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