The Bureau of Standards is a statutory body established by the Standards Act of 1968. Its
main functions are formulating, promoting and implementing standards for goods, services and processes. The Bureau develops and enforces technical regulations for those commodities and practices which affect health and safety.

The Standards Development and Certification Division facilitates trade and protects Jamaican consumers by the timely development and promulgation of national standards. The Standards and Certification department facilitates industry's participation to allow the development of new standards and new markets both locally and regionally.

The Executive Director, along with a team of competent managers, directs the activities of the organization.

Standards could be described as documents stating the technical information necessary for achieving reasonable safety, quality and efficiency of products, processes and procedures.

The Information Division promotes the understanding and consistent application of standards and metrology through a process of information sharing, public education programmes and the transfer of standards technology.

The Artnel S. Henry Standards and Technical Information Centre (TIC) provides standards and technical information service which supports the standards development and regulatory activities of the Bureau and other national information needs for standardization.
The TIC is the only national standards body library in the country and is the centre of the international standards information network serving as;

	National enquiry point under the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
	Codex Alimentarius Commission contact point for Jamaica
	Local agent for major standards organization (ISO), British Standards Organization (BSI) and American Standards Institution (ANSI).

The Bureau is regarded as a leader in the region due to the positive impact of it's training programme both locally and regionally. Through the Bureau's Technology transfer thrust, the latest information and methodologies in standardization are transferred to persons in industry.

Courses, Seminars and Workshops are designed around common needs of various groups within the private and public sectors. In-plant training packages are structured to suit specific needs of manufacturers and processors. Individual Training Attachment is conducted on request for technicians, specialists and administrators. Leaders in standards institutions throughout the Caribbean region benefit from this programme.

The Bureau's laboratories offer technical advice, testing and analytical services in the field of Chemistry, Microbiology, Electrical / Electronics and Mechanical Engineering, Building and Non-Metallics . The Electrical Department is authorized to carry out testing on behalf of the Underwriters Laboratory (UL).

The Pesticides Control Authority’s Registration System utilizes the services of the Chemistry Laboratory for the analyses of Pesticides formulations.

Our services can assist manufacturers to improve product quality, develop new products, assess finished goods, processes and raw materials.

The calibration services of the Bureau help users of measuring instruments and standards to achieve the highest possible levels of measurement quality and to conform to quality system requirements.

Through its state-of-the-art calibration equipment, stable laboratory environment and well-trained staff, the metrology laboratories are able to offer calibration services with international traceability and extremely
high levels of accuracy.

Our Legal Metrology Programme provides for the calibration of all instruments and equipment used in trade as is required under the Weights and Measures Act, 1978.

The Standards Compliance Inspectorate verifies the implementation of Standards and technical regulations to ensure that all locally made and imported products sold in Jamaica conform to acceptable standards.

Officers of the Bureau are trained to conduct routine inspections in factories, at the ports of entry, warehouses as well as retail and wholesale operations in the marketplace.

Goods and processes are examined for conformity to The Processed Food Act, The Standards Act and The Weight and Measures Act. **

This is a specially designed programme aimed at improving product quality and marketability.

The department assists manufacturers to obtain Marks of Quality or Conformity Marks which are awarded to products, processes and practices which conform to relevant standards. The Bureau's team of analysts examines the manufacturers processes equipment, records, raw materials, quality control systems and the finished product to ensure consistent adherence to standards.