The Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is seeking feedback from stakeholders on recommendations to adopt several new standards on food products, textiles, apparel, home furnishing, and leather products.
In a notice, the BPS identified international standards on food products published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) which are intended or recommended for adoption as Philippine National Standards (PNS).
The first is ISO 1442:2023 specifying two reference methods for determining the moisture content of meat and meat products –a direct drying method and a distillation method.
Another is ISO 4134:2021 which sets out methods for determining L-(+)-glutamic acid content in meat and meat products. It outlines both a spectrophotometer method and a light absorption microplate reader method.
Others are ISO 5553:2024 for detection of condensed phosphates and ISO 13496:2021 for detection and determination of coloring agents in meat and meat products; and ISO 6321:2021 for determining the melting point in open capillary tubes of animal and vegetable fats and oils.
The BPS said comments, inputs or other concerns pertaining to the intent/recommendation to adopt these standards may be sent through stakeholders’ 1BPS portal account on or before July 31.
On standards for textiles, the BPS said ISO 3758:2023 is an international standard for textile care labeling using symbols.
It said an international standard published by ASTM International recommended for adoption as PNS is ASTM D3136-24, the standard terminology for care labelling of apparel, textile, home furnishing, and leather products (DPNS 2308:2025).
The other is ASTM D3995-23, a standard performance specification for knitted career apparel fabrics: dress and vocational (DPNS 2309:2025).
The BPS said feedback related to these three standards can be sent on or before July 24.
“The adoption of international standards as Philippine National Standards (PNS) is in line with good standardization practice and is consistent with the Philippines’ commitment to the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (WTO TBT) agreement,” BPS director Neil Catajay said.
“Likewise, this will facilitate immediate access to international standards by the local companies, industries, academe, consumers, testing/research institutions, professional associations, and other stakeholders,” he said.
