1. Application of ISO/IEC Guide 21 to the ACFCRs
Workshop on ASEAN Common Food Control Requirements
14-15 July 2014, Jakarta, Indonesia
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2. 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
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3. 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)
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4. 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.
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5. 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.  
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6. DEGREES OF CORRESPONDENCE
Modified
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7. Degree of Correspondence
Degree: Identical Modified Not equivalent
Identifier: IDT MOD NEQ
Adoption ?: Yes Yes No
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8. 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
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9. 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
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10. 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.
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11. Adoption Methods Endorsement method:
notice stating the publication has the status of a national or regional standard
Re-publication by :
Reprinting
Translation and
Redrafting
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12. 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.
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13. 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.
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14. 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.
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15. Titles & numbering of adopted standards
Numbering and title examples: ASEAN Common Principles for Food Control Systems: 2014 (CAC/GL : 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)
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16. Copyright for Codex Standards
FAO encourages the use, reproduction and dissemination of material in this information product. Except where otherwise indicated, material may be copied, downloaded and printed for private study, research and teaching purposes, or for use in non-commercial products or services, provided that appropriate acknowledgement of FAO as the source and copyright holder is given and that FAO’s endorsement of users’ views, products or services is not implied in any way. 
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17. 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.
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18. 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.
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