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Certification
South Sudan National Bureau of Standards (SSNBS) is a government institution charged with the implementation of standards, testing, inspection, market surveillance, certification, accreditation, and other technical regulations. This comprises services both in voluntary and regulatory system being performed throughout the country constituted by the National Bureau of Standards, Weights and Measure Act (2012). The bureau is playing a key role in the South Sudan accession to WTO by ensuring Standards, technical regulations and conformity assessments are not obstacles to trade by following specific base in all scientific decision.
Certification refers to the confirmation of certain characteristics of a product, person, or an organization. This confirmation is often provided by some form of external review, assessment, or audit. Certification provides an assurance of conformity to the specifications.
Product certification involves the issuance of a certificate or mark (or both) by a third party to demonstrate that a specific product meets a defined set of requirements such as safety, fitness for use and/or interchangeability characteristics for that product, usually specified in a standard.
Product certification mark is normally found on the product or its packaging and may also appear on a certificate issued by the product certification body. The mark carries a reference to the number or name of the relevant product standard against which the product has been certified.
SSNBS operates a Product Certification Scheme in accordance to the provisions of the Certification Regulations of 2020. Under this scheme, manufacturers apply for and are granted permits to use the South Sudan Standards Certification Mark (The Quality Mark) on their products after demonstrating compliance of their products to the requirements of relevant National standards.
The SSNBS Product Certification Scheme aims at providing Third Party Guarantee of quality, safety and reliability of products to the consumers. The presence of the SSNBS Quality Mark on a product is an assurance of conformity to relevant standards. The conformity is ensured by regular surveillance of the manufacturer’s performance by surprise inspections and testing of samples, drawn both from the market and factory.
- The manufacturer or a service provider makes an application to the SSBNS expressing interest to enter the certification scheme. (Application form)
- An entry payment fee is required. (Fees)
- Then an initial assessment of the factory and the product(s), services or processes is conducted by SSNBS quality auditors, following the international practices for compliance to the relevant SSNBS Standard(s).
- If approved, the manufacturer or service provider is issued with a pre-permit/pre-designation approval letter to enable them commence full production of their products and access the market or commence provision of a service.
- Manufacturers or service providers that complied during the initial assessment and are issued with an approval letter are subsequently inspected on routine bases within the year.
- If consistency in complying with relevant standards is displayed, a Permit Certificate that allows the use of the Quality Mark on the product(s) or Designation Certificates respectively is issued as a manifestation of compliance to a respective South Sudan National Bureau of Standard.
- Winning Consumer confidence in the certified products resulting into increased market share and consumers’ ability to identify the products that conform to quality standards thus making quick decisions in favour of quality products.
- The product is presented with a better image in both national and international markets resulting into: mutual recognition schemes where countries recognize each other’s products thus easing entry into regional and foreign markets; easy acceptance and promotion of new products in the markets; and safeguarding the image and reputation of the manufacturer.
- Protection against unfair competition from inferior products on the market through: easy identification of the products that conform since they carry the Quality Mark; government and international bodies and NGOs rely on certified products for their purchases; and government is making it a requirement for local purchases to be certified.
- The Certification Scheme provides technical audit of product quality and process control procedures. This means that the Manufacturer gets technical advisory services and information at little or no cost that would otherwise be obtained at very high cost.
Step 1: Application process
- Dully fill in duplicate the quality mark application form
- Dully fill in initial factory assessment form (New applicants)
- Provide us with a copy of company registration.
- Pay the required product certification fees as appropriate.
- Acquired Product Standards (specification and sector codes of practices).
Please note that no product samples are required at the time of submitting your application.
You can obtain the forms to department of certification at SSNBS head office.
Step 2: Assessment process
SSNBS quality assurance officers will pay a visit to your production facility to;
- Carry out industrial inspection.
- Draw samples for analysis.
- Discuss and agree on scheme of supervision and control.
Step 3 Evaluations:
- Samples are analyzed at SSNBS laboratories or other accredited/Designated laboratories to check compliance.
- With South Sudan standards or approved specification.
- If samples comply and inspection officer’s report indicate compliance with codes of practice a recommendation is made for issuance of permit to use standardization mark to the Permit Standardization committee (PSC) for standardization Mark.
- If PSC confirms that all requirements have been met, a permit is issued.
- If samples fail to comply in the first instance and corrective action reviewed for appropriateness retesting of parameter not complied with is done free of charge and if product comply permit to use standardization mark is issued
- If samples fail to comply in the second instance and subsequent tests, testing will be carried at the expense of the manufacturer.
- If non conformities are identified at the point of Inspection, the Manufacturer has the responsibility to undertake corrective action and inform SSNBS to confirm the actions taken
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
- Evidence of quality control on;
- Incoming raw material
- In process controls
- Finished products
- Product labeling
- Handling of complaints
- Plant housekeeping.
- Environmental consideration
NOTE:
- Contact the Certification Department for fees information.
- All the payment for Standardization Mark Application shall be made at the time of application.
- For any change request on permit the client shall pay upon evaluation and change granted.
For more information contacts:
Email: neimagomaa@gmail.com
certification@ssnbs.com.ss
Telephone: +211925045611
+211980506112