The BSTI is a body corporate and its administrative Ministry is the Ministry of Industries. Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), the only National Standards body of Bangladesh, is playing an important role in developing and promoting industrial Standardization.
Keeping in view that Standardization, metrology, testing and quality control in the industrial spheres are the basic pre-requisite of the infrastructure necessary for sound economic development of the country, the Government of Bangladesh has established the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) with the merger of Bangladesh Standards Institution and the Central Testing Laboratories in 1985 through promulgating “The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution Ordinance, 1985(Ordinance XXXVII of 1985)”.
BSTI is the member of the following organizations: The Institution so formed has become member of the International Organization for standardization (ISO) in 1974. At present, BSTI is the Member/Affiliate Member/ Contact Point/ Nodal Point of the following International/Regional Organizations: International Organization for Legal Metrology (OIML) Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) of FAO/WHO International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Asia Pacific Metrology Programme (APMP) Asian Forum for Information Technology (AFIT)
ISO Information Network (ISO NET) Standing Group for Standardization, Metrology, Testing and Quality Historical development/origin/background/genesis of BSTI/How BSTI moves ahead? ?In 1946 Indian Standard Institute (ISI) was established at Delhi. ?In 1956 ISI was changed as central testing laboratory in Dhaka. ?In 1958 central testing laboratory has been transferred into Karachi as Pakistan Standard Institute (PSI).
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?A branch of PSI has been opened in Dhaka in 1963 but Pakistan acts as head office.
After liberation war of Bangladesh Dhaka branch has been known as Bangladesh Standard Institute & get membership of ISO in 1974. ?Finally the Government of Bangladesh has established the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) with the merger of Bangladesh Standards Institution and the Central Testing Laboratories in 1985 through promulgating “The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution Ordinance, 1985(Ordinance XXXVII of 1985)”.
Regulations of BSTI 1. The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution Employee Service Rules, 1989. 2. The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution Rules 1989. 3. The Standards of Weights and Measures Rules 1982. 4. The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution Employee (Pension & Gratuity Rules 2002).
Functions: The Functions of the Institutions: (a) To set up Bangladesh Standards of quality and dimensions and prepare and promote the general adoption of standards on national and international basis relating to materials, commodities, structures, practices and operations and, from time to time, to withdraw, revise, alter and amend the same; (b) To consider and recommend to the Government Bangladesh Standards for the measurement of length, weight mass, volume, and, energy; (c) To promote standardization, quality control, metrology and simplification in industry and commerce; (d) To secure compliance with the Bangladesh Standards adopted by the Institution by the producers and users; (e) To implement Bangladesh Standards through the administration of a national certification mark scheme or inspection of goods or both; (t)
To provide or arrange facilities for examination, testing and inspection of commodities, processes and practices for any investigation, research or promotion of export that may be necessary and to issue test reports; (g) To certify the quality of commodities, materials, produces, products and other things including food materials, whether for local consumption, export or import; (h) To co ordinate the efforts of producers and users for the improvement of materials, products, code of practice, appliances, processes and methods, so as to eliminate the national waste of material and time involved in the production of an unnecessary variety of patterns and sizes of articles for one and the same purpose;
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To establish and publish, in such manner as may be prescribed, the Bangladesh Standard Specifications in relation to any article or process or code of practice; (j) to recognize, adopt or endorse as a Bangladesh Standard, in such manner as may be prescribed, any standard established by any other Institution in Bangladesh or in any foreign country, or by international organizations in relation to any article or process; (k) To specify a Standard Mark to be called the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution Certification Mark which shall be of such design and contain such particulars as may be prescribed to represent a particular Bangladesh Standard; (l) To grant, renew, reject, suspend or cancel, in such manner as may be prescribed, a license for the use of Standard Mark; (m)
To make such inspection and take such samples of any material or substance as may be necessary to see Whether any article or processin relation to which the Standard Mark has been used or proposed to be used conforms to the Bangladesh Standard or whether the Standard Mark has been improperly used in relation to any, article or process with or without license; (n) To utilize with the permission of the owners, the services of laboratories other than those maintained by the Institution and approve such laboratories for the purpose of the Institution; (o) To make arrangements or provide for the facilities, for the testing and calibration of precision instruments, gauges and scientific apparatus and for the issue of certificates in regard thereto so as to make them comply with the required standards;
To undertake execution of any trust or any agency business which it may consider conducive to the attainment of, its objectives; (q) To co operate with any person, association, or organization, outside Bangladesh having objectives, similar to those for which the Institution is established; and (r) To do all such acts and things ancillary, or incidental to any of the aforesaid, functions. Product Laveling Policy, 2006 There is a Product Labelling Policy, 2006 in Bangladesh. At present manufacturer’s/Impoters labell their product at their own choice.
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To realise the importance of national product labelling standards, BSTI took initiative to formulate this Product Labelling Policy. Manufacturer’s name, full address and Country of origin has been incorporated in the product labelling for all products. In addition, Ingredients, Composition, Batch no. , Code no. , Expiry date/Use best before on and other information which is necessary has been incorporated in Chemical, Agriculture and Food products. The weights and measures will be expressed in System International Units. In the 16th Council Meeting of BSTI held on a 10 (ten) members committee headed by Additional Secretary, Ministry of Industries was constituted for the preparation of the final recommendation of the labelling policy.
