Organization for Standardization drafting list of 200 new standards for industry

The Trade and Industry Ministry’s Organization for Standardization (EOS) is preparing a list of around 200 new quality standards for manufacturers, EOS head Ashraf Afifi tells Amwal Al Ghad. These new standards will mostly be geared towards the engineering, chemicals, and food industries, he added, without noting or hinting at the extent of these standards. The board of the EOS will meet on the first week of August to sign off on them, he said. Earlier this month, the EOS issued a decree enforning some 42 new standards on the auto industry.