Food and agriculture standards cover everything from machinery and production to packaging, testing and traceability.

Insights

Building a sustainable path to ESG reporting

The drive towards a more sustainable future has propelled ESG considerations – or environment, social and governance in its full form – to the forefront of Board meetings in companies worldwide.

Embracing nature: Climate change solutions for a healthy future

Climate change is already being felt around the world in a variety of ways. Nature-based solutions are an important piece of the puzzle for reversing the process. 

The circular economy: building trust through conformity assessment
Standards and conformity assessment provide assurance on aspects of the circular economy including product lifetime and recyclability, safety and efficiency.

Top standards

Wood and wood-based products — Greenhouse gas dynamics
Part 2: Forest carbon balance

Prerequisite programmes on food safety
Part 4: Food packaging manufacturing

Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of iodine value

Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content
Part 1: Reference method

Cereals, pulses and cereal products — Sampling — Simplified routine method

Milk products — Enumeration of bifidobacteria — Colony-count technique