Mauritius Bureau of
Standards is a Ministry of Commerce and Industry division established by
the 1975 Standards Act. Today, it is a body corporate under the
government of the 1993 Mauritius Bureau of Standards Act, with greater
autonomy and flexibility and important role in the island’s
industrialization.
The Mauritius Bureau of
Standards role is more effectively due to the new equipment,
laboratories state and headquarters.
The control and
administration of the MBS is owned by a directors board named Standard
Council, made of representatives of different island economy’s sectors.
Among the Mauritius Bureau of Standards services and activities we
mention the island’s help to be a high quality centre of services and
manufacturing.
Quality assurance, testing,
standards and metrology are the principal activities areas of the Bureau. As
affiliations, MBS is member of ISO (the International Organisation for
Standardization), represents Mauritius in ARSO (the Africa Regional Organization
for Standardization) and is an active participant in SADC (Southern African
Development Community) and in COMESA (the Common Market for Eastern and Southern
Africa) with metrology, quality and standardisation cooperation programs.
MBS assurance division offers
training courses that include management and quality technology organised in
large public groups. They also organise internal audit courses and ISO 9001:
2000 auditor and lead auditor courses. These offer hands on training to ensure
that the auditors acquire the needed expertise to have an effective performance.
The
Mauritius Bureau of Standards also conducts courses
about the environmental management system,
information security management system and food
safety management system.
MBS has standards for the fresh tomatoes, applying
to the tomatoes commercial varieties of the
Solanaceae family and Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.
They have to be supplied and marketed fresh, even
after they are prepared and packaged.
The
tomatoes going to the industrial process are not
included in this standard. The Mauritius Bureau of
Standards has also standards for the household
electric lamps-requirements regarding the labelling
and energy efficiency.
The
standard applies to household fluorescent lamps
(even if they are non-integral fluorescent lamps and
linear lamps), household directly supplied from
mains (integral fluorescent lamps and filament
lamps) and refers to the labelling and energy
efficiency standard including the lamps for the
non-household lamps, the general lightening service
self ballasted lamps, the self ballasted compact
fluorescent lamps (no matter if they are with or
without cover) with reflector elements. These lamps
are designed for general lightening purposes having
integrated means with which the starting and
functions can be controlled.
There
are also Mauritius Bureau standards for the dried milk: requirements for the
dried milk and for the powder one made from the cow’s milk intended for further
processing or direct consumption. The standards are for the dried whole milk,
instant nonfat (skimmed) dried milk, nonfat (skimmed) dried milk but the dried
milk that is specially prepared for the infants is not included. If you need to
contact the Mauritius Bureau of Standards, the address is: Villa Road, Moka. Or,
you can call at: 230 4333648. The fax numbers are: 230 4335051, 230 4335150.
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