Office Closure
Please note that the St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS) will be closed from midday tomorrow December 22,2021. We will reopen on December 23, 2021, at 8:00 a.m. Any inconvenience caused is regretted.
SKNBS PARTICIPATES IN CHARLES E. MILLS SECONDARY CAREER FAIR
Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 03, 2021 (SKNBS): Students of the Charles E. Mills Secondary School were given a glimpse of the work of the St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS) during the school’s career fair held on 2nd December 2021. The Bureau houses the St. Kitts and Nevis’ National Multipurpose Laboratory which provides…
BUREAU OF STANDARDS AND QUALITY BILL, 2021, PASSED IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 12, 2021 (SKNBS): The Bureau of Standards and Quality Bill, 2021, which was read for the first time in the National Assembly on August 05, 2021, was passed on November 10, 2021. Mover of the Bill, the Honourable Minister of International Trade, Industry, Commerce, Consumer Affairs, and Labour, Senator Wendy Phipps,…
SEVERAL ACTIVITIES UNDERWAY TO PROMOTE THE AWARENESS OF PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPS)
Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 11, 2021 (SKNBS): The Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean (BCRB-Caribbean), in collaboration with SEN Consulting, is conducting several activities as part of the communications and awareness component of the ongoing 5-year regional project GEF 5558 – Development and Implementation of a Sustainable Management Mechanism…
COMMENTS NEEDED FOR DRAFT BUREAU OF STANDARDS BILL
Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 15, 2021 (SKNBS): The St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS) is inviting the general public, especially businesses, to read and provide comments on the Draft Bureau of Standards Bill. The Draft Bill can be found by clicking ‘Acts’ under the ‘About Us’ tab on www.sknbs.org Persons can fill out…
SKNBS JOINS THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY IN CELEBRATING WORLD STANDARDS DAY
Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 14, 2021 (SKNBS): Today, the St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS), has joined the rest of the global community to celebrate World Standards Day. Every year on October 14th, World Standards Day (or International Standards Day) is observed across the world. The day recognizes the efforts of thousands of…
WORKSHOPS BEING HELD TO DRAFT NATIONAL QUALITY POLICY (NQP)
Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 11, 2021 (SKNBS): Several stakeholder workshops are currently being held virtually to daft a National Quality Policy (NQP) for St. Kitts and Nevis. Various stakeholders being engaged include Fisheries, Tourism and Transport, Light Manufacturing, and Regulators. Sadie-Ann Sisnett, who is the Project Manager from CROSQ, said that these workshops will aid…
Office Closure Notice
The St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards will remain closed from Monday, August 30 to Friday, September 03, 2021, as construction work continues. You can contact the Bureau by emailing sknbs@gov.kn Any inconvenience caused during this time is regretted.
EU Labelling Requirements Workshop Postponed
Notice The St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS) would like to inform the general public that the Nevis session of the European Union (EU) Labelling Requirements workshop has been postponed until September 02, 2021. The information-sharing session will be held at the Department of Agriculture Conference Room at 1:30 p.m. on the mentioned…
EU Labelling Requirements Workshop
The St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS) is inviting interested persons to attend a sensitization workshop on the European Union (EU) Labelling Requirements. The workshop’s goal is to teach the European Union’s stated and implied regulations, as well as the strategic importance of product labelling, information, and packaging. This information-sharing session would be…
