Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality (BBSQ) is mandated to develop, adopt and promulgate standards for such goods and services as may be required in the national interest.

The following Draft Bahamas National Standards are being issued for public comments, in accordance with the provisions set out in the Standards Act, Chapter 338 (2006), and in keeping with international best practices and the standards development procedures:

● DBNS ISO 22000:2018 Food safety management systems – Requirements for any organization in the food chain
● DBNS ISO 14024:2018 Environmental labels and declarations – Type I environmental labelling – Principles and procedures
● DBNS ISO 14033:2019 Environmental management – Quantitative environmental information – Guidelines and examples
● DBNS ISO 14064-3:2019 Greenhouse gases – Part 3: Specification with guidance for the verification and validating of greenhouse gas statements
● DBNS ISO 14065:2020 General principles and requirements for bodies validating and verifying environmental information

Copies of the DBNS (Draft Bahamas National Standards) are available for viewing virtually on BBSQ’s website:

www.bbsq.bs and The Government’s website: www.bahamas.gov.bs.

Please submit your comments in writing to:

Dr. Renae Ferguson-Bufford 

Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality

P.O. Box N-4843 Nassau, N.P. Bahamas

Email: info@bbsq.bs Telephone: (242) 362-1748 thru 55

The deadline date for submission of comments on the above Draft Bahamas National Standards for adoption is the 31^st of December, 2022.

Download the BBSQ Comment Sheets for Public Comments by clicking here.