The St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards is pleased to announce that as of January 2023 it acquired full member status in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Our upgrade from correspondent to full-paying member was achieved with the help of governmental support. The SKNBS became a correspondent member in 2016 with some rights…
The Ministry of International Trade, Industry, and Commerce has established an Inter-ministerial Consultative Committee (IMCC) which seeks to advise on the trade agreements and the role each ministry and department plays in trade. This committee also examines the various policies and programs across ministries and departments and identifies areas of convergence, to determine where the…
The CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) has recently shared their Strategic Plan for October 2022 to 2025. Click here to view
The St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS) wishes to inform the general public that it is in the process of regulating three areas namely Labelling of Pre-packaged Foods, Labelling of Goods- General Requirements and Packaged Water. Persons can view these draft regulations by visiting www.sknbs.org. They can be found by clicking “Draft Regulations”…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 14, 2022 (SKNBS): On October 14, the St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards presented Beauty in the Roots Studio with a Certificate of Achievement for voluntarily complying with the St. Kitts and Nevis Labelling Standard in a brief ceremony held at the bureau’s headquarters at La Guerite. The presentation fell…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 13, 2022 (SKNBS): Minister of International Trade et al., the Right Honourable Dr. Denzil Douglas along with Permanent Secretary Jasemin Weekes traversed to Barbados for the October 11 to 12, 2022 Joint CARIFORUM – EU Ministerial Meeting. In his remarks at the meeting, Minister Douglas stated that the subject of de-risking…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 11, 2022 (SKNBS): Director of the St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS) and Chairman of the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) Council, Stuart LaPlace, has stated that the development of CARICOM’s Regional Quality Infrastructure has not been hampered by global challenges and that projections for its…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 11, 2022 (SKNBS): Three standards, which have been adopted by the St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS), are in the process of becoming technical regulations, which means they will no longer be voluntary, but mandatory to follow. The three standards include Specification for Packaged Water, Labelling of Pre-Packaged Food…
BASSETERRE, Saint. Kitts. October 4, 2022. The Saint Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS) is now home to a new Metrology Laboratory that will serve the business community by offering enhanced measurement and calibration services. The laboratory upgrades were commissioned during a ceremony on September 26th hosted at the Bureau. Speaking at the event,…
September 30, 2022, Bridgetown, Barbados – The agri-food industry in Saint Kitts and Nevis will benefit from an enhanced national quality infrastructure, thanks to a new project financed by the European Union and the Caribbean Development Bank. The initiative provides the Saint Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS) with new metrology equipment and training,…
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