PNS ANATOMY Chapter 5 – Main Component 1: The PNS Scope Have you ever wondered what PNS SCOPE means? This chapter guides what elements are incorporated and omitted when drafting the PNS scope.A PNS Scope generally indicates what the standard covers or does not cover, including specifications and its application. It does not contain requirements, continue reading : PNS ANATOMY Chapter 5 – Main Component 1: The PNS Scope
PNS ANATOMY Chapter 4 – What’s in a Name: The PNS Cover Page
PNS ANATOMY Chapter 4 – What’s in a Name: The PNS Cover Page Ever wondered what details on the cover page of a PNS mean? DA BAFS Standard Development Division (SDD) gives you Chapter 4 of PNS Anatomy.Chapter 4 will guide you through the layout and formatting of a PNS cover page. This chapter will continue reading : PNS ANATOMY Chapter 4 – What’s in a Name: The PNS Cover Page
PNS ANATOMY Chapter 3 – PNS Lingo: Expressing Provisions
PNS ANATOMY Chapter 3 – PNS Lingo: Expressing Provisions Getting confused about the difference between ‘shall’ and ‘should’? This chapter tells you how to understand provisions in the PNS. We convey the following provisions using these corresponding verbal expressions: Requirements: SHALL or SHALL NOT Recommendations: SHOULD or SHOULD NOT Permission: MAY or MAY NOT Possibility: continue reading : PNS ANATOMY Chapter 3 – PNS Lingo: Expressing Provisions
PNS ANATOMY Chapter 2: Types of PNS/BAFS
📒 PNS ANATOMY 📒 — Chapter 2: Types of PNS/BAFS — The DA-BAFS develops different types of PNS according to the nature of standard needed to address an issue. Each PNS/BAFS generally fall into the following types: Product Standard Code of Practice Guidelines Information Document Specifications Methods of Test This Chapter defines each type of continue reading : PNS ANATOMY Chapter 2: Types of PNS/BAFS
PNS Anatomy Chapter 01: WHAT IS A PNS/BAFS?
PNS Anatomy Chapter 01: WHAT IS A PNS/BAFS? A PNS/BAFS is a document developed for common and repeated use and approved by a recognized body. The PNS/BAFS enumerates requirements, guidelines, characteristics of products, and recommended practices relevant to primary and postharvest agriculture and fishery products (including organic agriculture and Halal) and machinery. (WTO Technical Barriers continue reading : PNS Anatomy Chapter 01: WHAT IS A PNS/BAFS?
Inspection of Core PGS Farmers – Member
Inspectors from the DA-BAFS Organic Agriculture Division and DA-Regional Field Office Region MIMAROPA Regulatory Division inspected five core PGS group farmer-members in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan from September 24-26, 2024. The inspection was conducted to verify their compliance with the Philippine National Standard relevant to organic agriculture. Representatives from the Regional Organic Agriculture Program, Municipal continue reading : Inspection of Core PGS Farmers – Member
DA chief: new law declares smuggling, hoarding of agricultural products as economic sabotage
DA chief: new law declares smuggling, hoarding of agricultural products as economic sabotage
DA-BAFS Assessment Team conducted an office-based assessment and witness audit of a core Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) group based in Santa Maria, Isabela
The DA-BAFS Assessment Team conducted an office-based assessment and witness audit of a core Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) group based in Santa Maria, Isabela from September 24-26, 2024. The audit aimed to assess the group’s compliance with accreditation regulations, ensuring the integrity, competence, and impartiality of their organic agriculture certification processes. The assessment was carried continue reading : DA-BAFS Assessment Team conducted an office-based assessment and witness audit of a core Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) group based in Santa Maria, Isabela
Join our final Stakeholder Consultation for the Development of PNS on Operator’s Manual — Guidelines — Contents and Presentation and PNS on Methods of Sampling for Agricultural and Biosystems Power and Machinery
Join our final Stakeholder Consultation for the Development of PNS on Operator’s Manual — Guidelines — Contents and Presentation and PNS on Methods of Sampling for Agricultural and Biosystems Power and Machinery — Guidelines on October 11, 2024 (Friday), at 9:00 AM via, Zoom Platform. Interested participants may register through the link: https://bit.ly/FinalSCPNSOperatorsManualOct11_RegForm To access continue reading : Join our final Stakeholder Consultation for the Development of PNS on Operator’s Manual — Guidelines — Contents and Presentation and PNS on Methods of Sampling for Agricultural and Biosystems Power and Machinery
Join our initial Stakeholder Consultation for the Revision of the Philippine National Standard (PNS) on Durian
Join our initial Stakeholder Consultation for the Revision of the Philippine National Standard (PNS) on Durian — Product Standard — Grading and Classification on September 24, 2024 (Tuesday), at 9:00 AM via Google Meet Platform. Interested participants may register through the link: https://bit.ly/InitialSCPNSDurianSep24_RegForm To access the draft standard, kindly click the link: https://bit.ly/3XIf2i6 For further continue reading : Join our initial Stakeholder Consultation for the Revision of the Philippine National Standard (PNS) on Durian