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…
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
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,…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 30, 2021 (SKNBS): The development of a National Quality Policy (NQP) in the twin-island federation of St. Kitts and Nevis will go a long way toward building capacity in a number of critical priority areas government has identified. This announcement came from Minister of International Trade, Industry, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 30, 2021 (SKNBS): The development of a National Quality Policy (NQP) will have a lot to offer the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Sector in St. Kitts and Nevis, says Permanent Secretary, Ministry of International Trade, Industry, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Labour Jasemin Weekes. The Permanent Secretary was at the…
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