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Products need to be certified
7/29/2010
By Randy Bennett
The Certification Marks Act needs to be intensified.
Consultant at the Barbados National Standards Institution (BNSI), Dudley Rhynd, told this to the Barbados Advocate during an interview at the Warrens Office Complex recently.
Speaking at the end of a Standards Curriculum Workshop, which was hosted by the BNSI, he said that the Certification Marks Act has already been passed, but there is a need for it to be reinforced so as to provide consumers with better knowledge of the products which they are purchasing.
He, however, acknowledged that before this could be done, there first has to be a modernisation of all the relevant businesses and organisations which would be involved with the initiative.
“There is a Certification Marks Act which had existed in the past, but it has to be
intensified. The matter of certification of products will have to continue, but before we continue with that aspect we will have to modernise the laboratories and testing
facilities and so on.
“When one decides to upgrade policies, there also has to be an upgrade in the physical
infrastructure to complement the certification process.
“There was once a couple of products which used to carry the BNSI stamp, such as the BRC wire mesh and some of our flour products… and there needs to be a push to restore that practice,” he said.
Mr. Rhynd pointed to a need for resources at the BNSI to restore the initiative, noting that the idea had not been completely forgotten, and he urged prospective businesses to utilise the BNSI’s mark on their products.
“ It needs resources to keep it going. The idea is not gone, it is still there and it is still necessary.
We at the BNSI have to modernise this place first and we also have to promote the mark. We have to let people know exactly what it is all about and it is not something that you can impose on people.
If somebody who sees the marketing value of having the mark and comes to the BNSI and asks for the mark, then we would put them through some technical scrutiny before allowing them to use the mark, and we would also periodically monitor the product in the house and in the marketplace and if it is alright then you would continue to use the mark. If it is not up to our standard then you lose it.” he pointed out.
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