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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Officials from St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards were featured on the government’s radio and television programme “Working for You” on Wednesday, August 11, 2021. The special guests were Stuart Laplace, Director of St. Kitts & Nevis Bureau of Standards, and Jermine Mike, Head of Standards at St. Kitts & Nevis Bureau of Standards.…
The St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS) would like to inform the general public that it will be working on a Packaged Water Regulation. This national regulation will establish standards for the purity, treatment, bacteriological acceptability, packaging, and labelling of all pre-packaged waters intended for use as beverages or in foods. The CARICOM…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 11, 2021 (SKNBS): The Bureau of Standards Bill, 2021, which was read for the first time in the National Assembly on August 05, 2021, is significant as it sets the foundation for a National Quality Infrastructure (NQI). An NQI is a national framework that guides the production of local goods and…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 04, 2021 (SKNBS): At a sitting of National Assembly, which will be held on August 05, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., the Minister of International Trade, Industry, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Labour, the Honourable Wendy Phipps, will seek leave to introduce and have read a first time the Bureau of Standards Bill,…
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