Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ)

The BSJ was established to promote standardization in relation to commodities, processes and practices.  Its mandate has been expanded to include the provision of services in relation to conformity assessment (certification, testing and calibration) and metrology.

Its main activities include: facilitating the development of standards and other requirement to which particular commodities, services, practices and processes must comply; monitoring for compliance; conducting tests and calibrating instruments; certifying products and management systems; providing industrial training and providing research and education in standardization.