Bureau of Standards Jamaica
Bureau of Standards Jamaica
Government of Jamaica
A total of 68 standards were published during the period April 2021-March 2022, as listed below:
Anti-bribery (1 standard):
1. JS ISO 37001: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Anti-bribery management systems:
Requirements with guidance for use (Service)
Bamboo (3 standards):
1. JCP 8: 2021 Jamaican Standard Code of Practice for Bamboo plantation (Product)
2. JS 354: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Bamboo protective face masks (Product)
3. JS ISO 22157: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Bamboo structures —
Determination of physical and mechanical properties of bamboo culms — Test methods
(Product)
Biodegradable products (2 standards):
1. JS ASTM D6954: 2021 Jamaican Standard Guide for Exposing and Testing Plastics that
Degrade in the Environment by a Combination of Oxidation and Biodegradation (Product)
2. JS 355: 2022 Jamaican Standard Specification for Oxobiodegradable Plastics (Product)
Building and construction (3 standards):
1. JS 311: 2020 Jamaican Standard Jamaica Application Document for the International Private
Sewage Disposal Code (Product)
2. *JS 133: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Ready-mixed concrete (Product)
3. *JS 35: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Standard hollow concrete blocks (Product)
Cannabis (2 standards):
1. JS ASTM D8229: 2021 Jamaican Standard Guide for Corrective Action and Preventive
Action (CAPA) for the Cannabis Industry (Product)
2. JS ASTM D8282: 2021 Jamaican Standard Practice for Laboratory Test Method Validation
and Method Development (Product)
Ceramic tiles (1 standard):
1. JS ISO 10545-2: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Ceramic tiles — Part 2:
Determination of dimensions and surface quality (Product)
Containers (2 standards):
1. JS ISO 668: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Series 1 freight containers —
Classification, dimensions and ratings (Product)
2. JS ISO 3874: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Series 1 freight containers —
Handling and securing (Product)
Education (2 standards):
1. JS ISO 21001: 2021 Jamaica Standard Specification for Educational organizations —
Management systems for educational organizations — Requirements with guidance for use
(Service)
2. JS ISO 29993:2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Learning services outside formal
education — Service requirements (Service)
Electrical/electronic products (5 standards)
1. JS IEC 61770: 2020+AMD1: 2020 Jamaican Standard Specification for Electric appliances
connected to the water mains – Avoidance of backsiphonage and failure of hose-sets
(Product)
2. JS 337: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Enclosures for electrical equipment, non-
environmental considerations (Product)
3. JS UL 67: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Panel boards (Product)
4. JS CRS 58: 2022 Jamaican Standard Specification for Energy Labelling – Compact
Fluorescent Lamps & Light Emitting Diodes Lamps – Requirements (Product)
5. JS CRS 59: 2022 Jamaican Standard Specification for Energy Labelling – Air Conditioners –
Requirements (Product)
Environmental management (5 standards):
1. JS ISO 14064-3: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification Greenhouse gases - Part 3:
Specification with guidance for the validation and verification of greenhouse gas assertions
(Service)
2. JS ISO 14050: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Environmental management —
Vocabulary (Service)
3. JS ISO 14063: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Environmental management —
Environmental communication — Guidelines and examples (Service)
4. JS ISO 14064-1: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Greenhouse gases — Part 1:
Specification with guidance at the organization level for quantification and reporting of
greenhouse gas emissions and removals (Service)
5. JS ISO 14064-2: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Greenhouse gases — Part 2:
Specification with guidance at the project level for quantification, monitoring and reporting of
greenhouse gas emission reductions or removal enhancements (Service)
Food products (2 standards):
1. *JS Codex Stan 281: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for evaporated milks (Product)
2. *JS Codex Stan 282: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for sweetened condensed milks
(Product)
Health sector (7 standards):
1. JS ISO 13485: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Medical devices — Quality
management systems — Requirements for regulatory purposes (Service)
2. JS ISO/TS 21526: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Health informatics – Metadata
repository requirements (MetaRep) (Service)
3. JS ISO/TS 21564: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Health informatics –
Terminology resource map quality measures (MapQual) (Service)
4. JS ISO/IEC 27799: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Health informatics –
Information security management in health using ISO/IEC 27002 (Service)
5. JS ISO/TS 22220: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Health informatics –
Identification of subjects of health care (Service)
6. JS ISO/TS 27527: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Health informatics – Provider
identification (Service)
7. JS 352: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Diagnostic imaging facilities (Service)
Information technology (17 standards):
1. JS ISO/IEC 11179 – 1: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology –
Metadata registries (MDR) – Part 1: Framework (Service)
2. JS ISO/IEC 11179-3: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology –
Metadata registries (MDR) – Part 3: Registry metamodel and basic attributes (Service)
3. JS ISO/IEC 11179-4: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology –
Metadata registries (MDR) – Part 4: Formulation of data definitions (Service)
4. JS ISO/IEC 11179-5: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology –
Metadata registries (MDR) – Part 5: Naming principles (Service)
5. JS ISO/IEC 11179-6: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology –
Metadata registries (MDR) – Part 6: Registration (Service)
6. JS ISO/IEC 11179-7: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology –
Metadata registries (MDR) – Part 7: Metamodel for data set registration (Service)
7. JS ISO/IEC 11179-2: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology –
Metadata registries (MDR) – Part 2: Classification (Service)
8. JS ISO/IEC TS 11179-30: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology
– Metadata registries (MDR) – Part 30: Basic attributes of metadata (Service)
9. JS ISO/IEC 27000: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology —
Security techniques —Information security management systems —Overview and vocabulary
(Service)
10. JS ISO/IEC 27003: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology —
Security techniques - Information security management system implementation guidance
(Service)
11. JS ISO/IEC 27004: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology —
Security techniques — Information security management — Measurement (Service)
12. JS ISO/IEC 27005: 2021 Jamaican Standard Guide for Information technology — Security
techniques —Information security risk management (Service)
13. JS ISO/IEC TS 27008: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology —
Security techniques — Guidelines for the assessment of information security controls
(Service)
14. JS ISO/IEC 27033-1: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology —
Security techniques — Network Security Part 1: Overview and concepts (Service)
15. JS ISO/IEC 27035-1: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology —
Security techniques — Information security incident management Part 1: Principles of
incident management (Service)
16. JS ISO/IEC 29138-1: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology —
User interface accessibility— Part 1: User accessibility needs (Service)
17. JS ISO/IEC/IEEE 16326: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Systems and software
engineering — Life cycle processes — Project management (Service)
Security and resilience (4 standards):
1. JS ISO 22316: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Security and resilience —
Organizational resilience — Principles and attributes (Service)
2. JS ISO 22320: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Security and resilience —
Emergency management — Guidelines for incident management (Service)
3. JS ISO 22300: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Security and resilience —
Vocabulary (Service)
4. JS ISO 23601: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Safety identification - Escape and
evacuation plan signs (Service)
Tourism (4 standards):
1. JS ISO 24802-1: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification Recreational diving services-
requirements for the training of scuba instructors-Part 1: Level 1(Service)
2. JS ISO 24802-2: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification Recreational diving services-
requirements for the training of scuba instructors - Part 2: Level 2 (Service)
3. JS 319: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Spa Entities (Service)
4. JS 321: 2021 Jamaican standard specification for tourism entities using high-angle techniques
(Service)
Toys and Playthings (5 standards):
1. *JS ISO 8124-1: 2022 + AMD 1: 2022 + AMD 2: 2022 Jamaican Standard Specification for
Safety of toys — Part 1: Safety aspects related to mechanical and physical properties
(Product)
2. *JS ISO 8124-3: 2022 Jamaican Standard Specification for Safety of toys — Part 3:
Migration of certain elements (Product)
3. *JS ISO 8124-4: 2022 + AMD 1: 2022 + AMD 2: 2022 Jamaican Standard Specification for
Safety of toys — Part 4: Swings, slides and similar activity toys for indoor and outdoor
family domestic use (Product)
4. *JS ISO 8124-6: 2022 Jamaican Standard Specification for Safety of toys — Part 6: Certain
phthalate esters in toys and children's products (Product)
5. *JS ISO 8124-7: 2022 + AMD 1: 2022 Jamaican Standard Specification for Safety of toys —
Part 7: Requirements and test methods for finger paints (Product)
Transportable gas (3 standards):
1. JS 41: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for the Inspection, retesting and use of
transportable gas containers (Product)
2. *JS 323: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Transportable gas cylinders – Periodic
inspection and testing of composite gas cylinder (Product)
3. JS 322: 2021 Jamaican Standard Specification for Transportable gas cylinders – Fully
wrapped composite cylinders (Product)
*Mandatory standards
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