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GNBS to enforce mandatory gold standard

May 22, 2015 News

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has informed manufacturers of gold jewellery, and the General public, that the National Gold Standard “Specifications for Gold Articles – GYS 50: 2010 was recently made mandatory.
As a result, in the latter half of this year, the GNBS will commence the monitoring of gold jewelry manufactured and offered for sale in Guyana, by enforcing the requirements of this National Standard.
The Bureau, under its Standards Compliance Programme, will begin to monitor the operations of manufacturers, including goldsmiths, to ensure that gold articles are labeled in conformity with the requirements set out in the national standard.
Lloyd David, Public Relations Officer noted, “The standard, which is also a CARICOM Standard, highlights a range of requirements which are important for the streamlining and monitoring of the gold sector in Guyana.
“It highlights the designation of pure gold content in part per 1000 or karat ranging from 9 karat to 23 karat and addresses key manufacturing aspects such as, the content of the initial raw material, alloying, soldering, settings and the manufacturing environment.
In addition, it stipulates criteria for sampling, assaying, tolerances and marking of the product… The standard addresses the determination of gold articles using the modified fire assay method of testing and the formulae to produce alloyed gold of a specified purity… Guidelines for best practice of melting and casting are also included in the standard.”
He also said that, “the monitoring and enforcement of the standard will include the annual registration of manufacturers with the GNBS, routine inspections at sale outlets to ensure conformance to labeling requirements, and the sampling and testing of gold articles offered for sale to address under-karating…The GNBS will utilize the services of its Gold Testing Laboratory to carry out tests which will ensure that the karat declared on jewelry by manufacturer’s is accurate.”
Manufacturers of gold jewelry will be notified of the effective date for the commencement of enforcement activities by the GNBS. Meanwhile, manufacturers can begin to work towards compliance by obtaining copies of the standard to verify requirements for compliance.

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