Statistics
1. Food Standards
Mandatory Food Standards of Nepal *
|
Category |
No. of Food Commodity As of April 2010 |
|
Milk and Milk Products |
17 |
|
Fats and Oils |
16 |
|
Fruits and Vegetable Prodiucts |
17 |
|
Spices and Condiments |
20 |
|
Tea, Coffee and Their products |
3 |
|
Salt |
2 |
|
Cereals, Pulses and their Items |
19 |
|
Processes Drinking Water |
1 |
|
Sweetening Agent |
3 |
|
Sweets and Confectioneries |
3 |
Source: DFTQC, 2009: Annual bulletins of Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) in website: http://www.dftqc.gov.np and personal interviews and information collection
As of September 2010, six more product standards have been approved and another 12 are in a process of approval
2. Voluntary Product Standards ( Nepal Standards)
Nepal Standards * developed /adopted by Nepal Standard Council (NSC)
|
|
Product Standards |
Process Standards |
Vocabulary |
Total Standards |
|
terminology |
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|
Food primary |
24 |
|
|
24 |
|
Processed Food |
106 |
|
|
106 |
|
Agri-inputs |
7 |
|
|
7 |
|
other agricultural products |
15 |
|
|
15 |
|
Non-agricultural products |
90 |
|
|
90 |
|
Packaging |
21 |
|
|
21 |
|
Construction |
49 |
|
|
49 |
|
Electrical |
18 |
|
|
18 |
|
Others |
90 |
|
|
90 |
|
Process Standards |
|
408 |
|
408 |
|
Vocabulary |
|
|
30 |
30 |
|
All total standards |
858 |
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*as of Dec. 2009
Since the major trading partners of Nepal are India and EU countries, special priorities are given in harmonizing national standards with ISO and other standards used by these countries ; ISO/IEC procedures for developing national standards is normally followed.
Source: NBSM 2010: home page http://www.nbsm.gov.np and personnel interviews and information collection.
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