Application of ISO/IEC Guide 21 to the ACFCRs Workshop on ASEAN Common Food Control Requirements 14-15 July 2014, Jakarta, Indonesia 11/21/2018

ISO Guide 21 ISO/IEC Guide 21:2005 Regional or national adoption of International Standards Part 1: Adoption of International Standards Part 2: Adoption of International Deliverables other than International Standards 11/21/2018

Objectives of ISO/IEC Guide 21 Provides methods to adopt Defines a system for indicating correspondence Promotes coherence in the adoptions Greater uniformity when indicating deviations Helps communication - avoids confusion (trade) 11/21/2018

ISO Guide 21- Scope ISO/IEC Guide 21-1:2005 provides methods for: determination of the degree of correspondence between regional or national standards and relevant International Standards; adoption of International Standards as regional or national standards; indication of technical deviations which would facilitate immediate recognition of any deviation; numbering of regional or national standards that are identical adoptions of International Standards; indication of the degree of correspondence between the regional or national standard and the International Standard. 11/21/2018

Adoption The publication of a regional or national standard Based on an International Standard, Has the same status as a national standard or other national standards, May have some deviations but maintains structure and changes are clearly identified.   11/21/2018

DEGREES OF CORRESPONDENCE Modified 11/21/2018

Degree of Correspondence Degree: Identical Modified Not equivalent Identifier: IDT MOD NEQ Adoption ?: Yes Yes No 11/21/2018

Identical adoption When: Identical in technical content, structure & wording It is an identical translation Minimal editorial changes (i.e. inserting a “,”in place of “.”, incorporating amendments, etc. Identification Code: IDT 11/21/2018

When: Modified adoption Identification Code: MOD Deviations are identified and explained. The adopted standard maintains the structure, Limited changes to the structure are permitted, and such that an easy comparison is still possible. Identification Code: MOD 11/21/2018

Modified Adoptions- Examples When the regional or national standard: contains less than contains more than changes parts of provides an alternative choice to a particular requirement to the requirement in the International Standard. 11/21/2018

Adoption Methods Endorsement method: notice stating the publication has the status of a national or regional standard Re-publication by : Reprinting Translation and Redrafting 11/21/2018

Publication of an adopted standard May include some additional content e.g. Foreword, introduction A translation A different cover page / title Incorporate amendments (to the international publication) Editorial changes or technical deviations. 11/21/2018

1 The regional or national standards should include: Indicating Changes 1 The regional or national standards should include: an explanation in a regional or national introduction, preface or foreword and, where appropriate, an annex describing any editorial changes and/or technical deviations which have been made, why they have been made, and how they are identified in the text. 2 Where technical deviations (and reasons for them) or editorial changes are few, they may be placed in the regional or national introduction, preface or foreword. 11/21/2018

Indicating Changes 3 If included within the text, any regional or national explanatory notes, editorial changes and/or technical deviations made with reference to the International Standard should be clearly highlighted in the text, for example by inclusion in a box immediately following the clause to which they relate, or by a single vertical bar in the margin, or dotted underlining of the applicable text. 4 They should be introduced by the following titles: “regional or national explanatory note” or “regional or national explanation” if their content is limited to editorial changes; and/or “regional or national deviation” if their content is not limited to editorial changes. 11/21/2018

Titles & numbering of adopted standards Numbering and title examples: ASEAN Common Principles for Food Control Systems: 2014 (CAC/GL 82-2013: Principles and guidelines for national food control systems, MOD) Or CAC/GL 82: ASEAN Common Principles for Food Control Systems: 2014 (CAC/GL: 2013 Principles and guidelines for national food control systems, IDT) 11/21/2018

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Adoption by member states: Members states may republish the harmonised adoptions in its original text or translate these to their own language. Adoption of MOD standards by AMS should be without any further modifications as per draft ASEAN Guidelines. 11/21/2018

Amendments to the ACFCRs ACFCRs adopted from Codex in accordance with ISO/IEC Guide 21will: Need to have the titles reviewed Need to have a forward Need to identify harmonisation status (MOD, IDT) Need to include the changes made. 11/21/2018

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