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Published Standards - March 2019

Last Modified: 05 Jun, 19

Below is the list of standards that were published during the period April 2018 - March 2019:

Food products:

  1. JS 103: 1985 (2017) Jamaican Standard Specification for Powdered (icing) sugar

  2. JS 104: 1985 (2017) Jamaican Standard Specification for Sugar for canning

  3. JS 172: 1987 (2017) Jamaican Standard Specification for Reconstituted milk

  4. JS 211: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Liqueurs/Cordials

  5. JS 297: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Gin

  6. JS 171: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Liquid whole milk (cow's) - Compulsory

  7. JS 173: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Recombined milk (cow's) - Compulsory

  8. JS 174: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Liquid low fat (half skimmed or partly skimmed) cow’s milk and liquid non-fat (skimmed) cow's milk - Compulsory

  9. JS 87: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification Fluoridated iodized salt - Food grade salt - Compulsory

  10. JS 261: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Jams, jellies and marmalades - Compulsory

Quality management:

  1. JS ISO 9001: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Quality management systems – Requirements

  2. JS ISO 10018: 2017 – Jamaican Standard Specification for Quality management -- Guidelines on people involvement and competence

  3. JS ISO 10008: 2017 – Jamaican Standard Specification for Quality management -- Customer satisfaction -- Guidelines for business-to-consumer electronic commerce transactions

  4. JS ISO 10008: 2017 – Jamaican Standard Specification for Quality management -- Customer satisfaction -- Guidelines for business-to-consumer electronic commerce transactions

  5. JS ISO 9000: 2017 – Jamaican Standard Specification for Quality management systems -- Fundamentals and vocabulary

  6. JS ISO/TS 9002: 2017 Jamaican Standard Technical Specification for Quality management systems -- Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2015

  7. JS ISO 10393: 2017 – Jamaican Standard Specification for Consumer product recall -- Guidelines for suppliers

Building and construction:

  1. JS 112: Part 3: 2017 Jamaican Standard Methods for Sampling and testing of mineral aggregates, sands and fillers. Part 3: Description and Classification

  2. JS 306: 2017 Jamaica Application Document for the International Building Code

  3. JS 308: 2016 Jamaica Application Document for the International Property Maintenance Code

  4. JS 310: 2016 Jamaica Application Document for the International Existing Building Code

  5. JS 313: 2016 Jamaica Application Document for the International Fuel Gas Code

  6. JS 268: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Bituminous materials

  7. JS 304: 2008 (2017) Jamaican Standard Specification for Quality management requirements for manufacturers,   processors and packers of cement

  8. JS 112: Part 6: 2017 – Jamaican Standard Methods for Sampling and testing of mineral aggregates, sands and fillers. Part 6: Clay lumps and friable particles

  9. JS 112: Part 7: 2017 – Jamaican Standard Methods for Sampling and testing of mineral aggregates, sands and fillers. Part 7: Total Evaporable Moisture Content of Aggregate by Drying

  10. JS 112: Part 8:  2018 – Jamaican Standard Methods for Sampling and testing of mineral aggregates, sands and fillers. Part 8: Soundness of Aggregate

  11. JS 112: Part 9: 2018 – Jamaican Standard Methods for Sampling and testing of mineral aggregates, sands and fillers. Part 9: Relative Density and Absorption

  12. JS 112: Part 10: 2018 – Jamaican Standard Methods for Sampling and testing of mineral aggregates, sands and fillers. Part 10: Bulk Density

  13. JS 112: Part 11: 2018 - Jamaican Standard Methods for Sampling and testing of mineral aggregates, sands and fillers. Part 11: Sand Equivalent

  14. JS 112: Part 12: 2018 – Jamaican Standard Methods for Sampling and testing of mineral aggregates, sands and fillers. Part 12: Liquid and Plastic Limits

  15. JS 312: 2017 Jamaica Application Document for the International Mechanical Code

  16. JS 314: 2017 Jamaica Standard Application Document for the International Fire Code

  17. JS 315: 2017 Small Building Code and Jamaica Application Document for the International Residential Code

  18. JS 316: 2017 Jamaica Application Document for the International Code Council Electrical Administrative Provisions and National Electrical Code

  19. JS 124: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Aggregates for concrete – Product - Compulsory

Shipping and logistics:

  1. JS ISO 15489-1: 2017 – Jamaican Standard Specification for Information and documentation -- Records management -- Part 1: Concepts and principles

  2. JS ISO 28001: 2016 Jamaican Standard Specification for Security management systems for the supply chain -- Best practices for implementing supply chain security, assessments and plans -- Requirements and guidance

  3. JS ISO 28004-2: 2016 Jamaican Standard Specification for Security management systems for the supply chain -- Guidelines for the implementation of ISO 28000 -- Part 2: Guidelines for adopting ISO 28000 for use in medium and small seaport operations

  4. JS ISO/PAS 16917: 2016 Jamaican Standard Public Available Specification for Ships and marine technology -- Data transfer standard for maritime, intermodal transportation and security

  5. JS ISO 11711-1: 2016 Jamaican Standard Specification for Piping and machinery -- Ballast water sampling and analysis -- Part 1: Discharge sampling port

  6. JS ISO 8385: 2016 Jamaican Standard Specification for Dredgers – Classification

  7. JS ISO 6812: 2016 Jamaican Standard Specification for Roll on/Roll off ship-to-shore connection -- Interface between terminals and ships with straight stern/bow ramps - Service

  8. JS ISO 20858: 2016 Jamaican Standard Specification for Ships and marine technology — Maritime port facility security assessments and security plan development

  9. JS ISO 3828: 2017 – Jamaican Standard Specification for Shipbuilding and marine structures -- Deck machinery -- Vocabulary and symbols

  10. JS ISO 16145-1: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Ships and marine technology -- Protective coatings and inspection method -- Part 1: Dedicated sea water ballast tanks

  11. JS ISO 16145-4: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Ships and marine technology -- Protective coatings and inspection method -- Part 4: Automated measuring method for the total amount of water-soluble salts

  12. JS ISO 16145-5: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Ships and marine technology -- Protective coatings and inspection method -- Part 5: Assessment method for coating damages

  13. JS ISO 23269-1: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Ships and marine technology -- Breathing apparatus for ships -- Part 1: Emergency escape breathing devices (EEBD) for shipboard use

  14. JS ISO 23269-3: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Ships and marine technology -- Breathing apparatus for ships -- Part 3: Self-contained breathing apparatus (safety equipment) required by the IMO IBC and IGC Codes

  15. JS ISO 23269-4: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Ships and marine technology -- Breathing apparatus for ships -- Part 4: Self-contained breathing apparatus for emergency escape required by the IMO IBC and IGC Codes

  16. JS ISO 28520: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Ships and marine technology -- Lubricating oil systems -- Guidance for grades of cleanliness and flushing

  17. JS ISO 16548: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Ships and marine technology -- Ship design -- General guidance on emergency towing procedures

  18. JS ISO 18813: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Ships and marine technology -- Survival equipment for survival craft and rescue boats

  19. JS ISO 15749-1: 2016 Jamaican Standard Specification for Ships and marine technology -- Drainage systems on ships and marine structures -- Part 1: Sanitary drainage-system design

  20. JS ISO 16145-2: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Ships and marine technology -- Protective coatings and inspection method -- Part 2: Void spaces of bulk carriers and oil tankers

  21. JS ISO 16145-3: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Ships and marine technology -- Protective coatings and inspection method -- Part 3: Cargo oil tanks of crude oil tankers

  22. JS ISO 23269-2: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Ships and marine technology -- Breathing apparatus for ships -- Part 2: Self-contained breathing apparatus for shipboard fire fighters

  23. JS ISO 28000: 2016Jamaican Standard Specification for Security management systems for the supply chain

Environmental Management:

  1. JS ISO 14001: 2017 – Jamaican Standard Specification for Environmental management systems -- Requirements with guidance for use

  2. JS ISO 14005: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Environmental management systems -- Guidelines for the phased implementation of an environmental management system, including the use of environmental performance evaluation

  3. JS ISO 14031: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Environmental management -- Environmental performance evaluation – Guidelines

  4. JS ISO 14033: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Environmental management -- Quantitative environmental information -- Guidelines and examples

  5. JS ISO/TS 14067: 2017 Jamaican Standard Technical Specification for Greenhouse gases -- Carbon footprint of products -- Requirements and guidelines for quantification and communication

  6. JS ISO/TR 14069: 2017 Jamaican Standard Technical Report Greenhouse gases -- Quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions for organizations -- Guidance for the application of ISO 14064-1 -

  7. JS ISO/TS 14071: 2017 Jamaican Standard Technical Specification for Environmental management -- Life cycle assessment -- Critical review processes and reviewer competencies: Additional requirements and guidelines to ISO 14044:2006

Tourism:

  1. JS 338: 2017 – Jamaican Standard Specification for Tourism and related services - Requirements and recommendations for beach operation (adaptation of ISO 13009:2015)

Sports:

  1. JS ASTM F803: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Eye Protectors for Selected Sports

  2. JS ASTM F2713: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Eye Protectors for Field Hockey

Information Technology:

  1. JS ISO/IEC 27001: 2017 – Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security management systems – Requirements

  2. JS ISO/IEC 27002: 2017 – Jamaican Standard Specification for Information technology -- Security techniques -- Code of practice for information security controls – Service

Electrical/electronic products:    

  1. JS 132: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Tungsten filament lamps for general service

  2. JS 151: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Wooden base blocks (for mounting electrical accessories)

  3. JS 1 Part 4: 2016 – Jamaican Standard Specification for the Labelling of household electrical appliances – Compulsory

  4. JS 253: 1993 (2017) Jamaican Standard Specification for Ballasts for tubular fluorescent lamps

  5. JS IEC 60904-1: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Photovoltaic devices - Part 1: Measurement of photovoltaic current-voltage characteristics

  6. JS IEC 60904-1-1: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Photovoltaic devices - Part 1-1: Measurement of current-voltage characteristics of multi-junction photovoltaic (PV) devices   

  7. JS IEC 60904-2: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Photovoltaic     devices - Part 2: Requirements for photovoltaic reference devices

  8. JS IEC 60904-3: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Photovoltaic devices - Part 3: Measurement principles for terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) solar devices with reference spectral irradiance data

  9. JS IEC 60904-4: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Photovoltaic devices - Part 4: Reference solar devices - Procedures for establishing calibration traceability

  10. JS IEC 60904-5: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Photovoltaic devices - Part 5: Determination of the equivalent cell temperature (ECT) of photovoltaic (PV) devices by the open-circuit voltage method

  11. JS IEC 60904-7: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Photovoltaic devices - Part 7: Computation of the spectral mismatch correction for measurements of photovoltaic devices

  12. JS IEC 60904-8: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Photovoltaic devices - Part 8: Measurement of spectral responsivity of a photovoltaic (PV) device

  13. JS IEC 60904-8-1: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Photovoltaic devices - Part 8-1: Measurement of spectral responsivity of multi-junction photovoltaic (PV) devices

  14. JS IEC 60904-9: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Photovoltaic devices - Part 9: Solar simulator performance requirements

  15. JS IEC 60904-10: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Photovoltaic devices - Part 10: Methods of linearity measurement

Transportable Gas Containers:

  1. JS 25: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Transportable gas containers – Compulsory

Soaps and detergent:

  1. JS 73: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Synthetic laundry detergent powder - Compulsory

Bamboo products:

  1. JS IS 13958: 2016 Jamaican Standard Specification for Bamboo mat board for General Purposes

  2. JS ASTM D685: 2018 Jamaican Standard Practice for Conditioning paper and paper products for testing

  3. JS ASTM D5276: 2018 Jamaican Standard Test Method for Drop test of loaded containers by free fall

  4. JS ASTM D3521: 2018 Jamaican Standard Test Method for Surface wax coating on corrugated board

  5. JS ASTM D5663: 2018 Jamaican Standard Guide for Validating recycled content in packaging paper and paperboard

  6. JS ASTM D4727/D4727M:  2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Corrugated and solid fiberboard sheet stock (container grade) and cut shapes

  7. JS ASTM D4991: 2018 Jamaican Standard Test Method for Leakage testing of empty rigid containers by vacuum

  8. JS ASTM D5722: 2018 Jamaican Standard Practice for Performing accelerated outdoor weathering of factory-coated embossed hardboard using concentrated natural sunlight and a soak-freeze-thaw procedure

  9. JS ASTM D7030: 2018 Jamaican Standard Test Method for Short Term Creep performance of corrugated fiberboard containers under constant load using a compression test machine

  10. JS ISO 7213: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Pulps -- Sampling for testing

  11. JS ISO/TR 24498: 2018 Jamaican Standard Technical Report for Paper, board and pulps -- Estimation of uncertainty for test methods

  12. JS ISO/TR 10688: 2018 Jamaican Standard Technical Report for Paper, board and pulps -- Basic terms and equations for optical properties

  13. JS ISO 23714: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Pulps -- Determination of water retention value (WRV)

  14. JS ASTM D5118/D5118 -M: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Fabrication of Fibreboard shipping boxes

  15. JS ASTM D5168:  2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Fabrication and closure of triple-wall corrugated fibreboard containers

  16. JS ASTM D2423: 2018 Jamaican Standard Test Method for Surface wax on waxed paper or paperboard

  17. JS ASTM D1305: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Electrical insulating paper and paperboard—Sulphate (Kraft) layer type

  18. JS ASTM E619: 2018 Jamaican Standard Practice for Evaluating foreign odors in paper packaging

  19. JS ASTM D1968: 2018Jamaican Standard Terminology Relating to paper and paper products

  20. JS ISO 13820: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Paper, board and corrugated fibreboard -- Description and calibration of compression-testing equipment

  21. JS ISO 11371: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Pulps -- Basic guidelines for laboratory refining

  22. JS ISO 216: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Writing paper and certain classes of printed matter -- Trimmed sizes -- A and B series, and indication of machine direction

  23. JS ISO 4046-1: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Paper, board, pulps and related terms – Vocabulary - Part 1:  Alphabetical index

  24. JS ISO 4046-2: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Paper, board, pulps and related terms – Vocabulary - Part 2: Pulping terminology

  25. JS ISO 4046-3: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Paper, board, pulps and related terms – Vocabulary - Part 3: Paper-making terminology

  26. JS ISO 4046-4: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Paper, board, pulps and related terms – Vocabulary - Part 4: Paper and board grades and converted products

  27. JS ISO 4046-5: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Paper, board, pulps and related terms – Vocabulary – Part 5: Properties of pulp, paper and board

  28. JS ISO 534: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Paper and board -- Determination of thickness, density and specific volume

  29. JS ISO 1924-2: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Paper and board -- Determination of tensile properties

  30. JS ISO 3034: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Corrugated fibreboard -- Determination of single sheet thickness

  31. JS ISO 3036: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Board -- Determination of puncture resistance

Motor vehicles:

  1. JS 244: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Pneumatic tyres for passenger cars - Compulsory

  2. JS 269: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Pneumatic tyres for vehicles other than passenger cars - Compulsory

  3. JS 262: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Motor vehicle brake fluid - Compulsory

Disinfectant:

  1. JS 282: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for General purpose disinfectant - Compulsory

Cosmetics:

  1. JS 170: Part 2: 2018 Jamaican Standard Specification for Cosmetics. Part 2: Water used in the preparation of cosmetics - Compulsory

Refrigerants:

  1. JS 339: 2017 Jamaican Standard Specification for Transportation, handling and storage of refrigerants

Structural steel:

  1. JS ASTM A588/A588M: 2019 Jamaican Standard Specification for High-strength low-alloy structural steel, up to 50 ksi [345 MPa] minimum yield point, with atmospheric corrosion resistance - Compulsory

  2. JS ASTM A709/A709M: 2019 Jamaican Standard Specification for Structural steel for bridges - Compulsory

  3. JS ASTM A6/A6M: 2019 Jamaican Standard Specification for General requirements for rolled structural steel bars, plates, shapes, and sheet piling - Compulsory

  4. JS ASTM A36/A36M: 2019 Jamaican Standard Specification for Carbon structural steel - Compulsory

  5. JS ASTM A572/A572M: 2019 Jamaican Standard Specification for High-strength low-alloy columbium-vanadium structural steel - Compulsory

  6. JS ASTM A992/A992M: 2019 Jamaican Standard Specification for Structural steel shapes - Compulsory

  7. JS ASTM A242/A242M: 2019 Jamaican Standard Specification for High-strength low-alloy structural steel - Compulsory

  8. JS ASTM A1064/A1064: 2019 Jamaican Standard Specification for Carbon-steel wire and welded wire reinforcement, plain and deformed, for concrete – Compulsory

Other:

JS 226: 1993 (2017) Jamaican Standard Specification for The power requirement of data processing equipment

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