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SABS Standard Development Continues

National Standards provide knowledge and support technical aspects of societal and environment policies and contribute to sustainable development. They further serve as a vehicle for the dissemination of new technologies and innovative practices, facilitating trade while supporting industrialisation objectives. The need for national standards has been highlighted during the outbreak of COVID-19 as disruption of global supply chains has impacted the acquisition of personal protective equipment (PPE) and related medical equipment, practices including infrastructure to deal with the containment and management of the pandemic. The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) is the National Standards Body mandated to develop, promote and maintain South African National Standards (SANS).

“Given the lockdown measures in place, SABS has had to review its operational model to ensure that it continues to develop national standards and provide access to national standards during these unusual times. The development of SANS is as a result of the voluntary participation and scientific input of various subject matter experts. The members of the SABS technical committees aspire to achieve consensus on the technical requirements to ensure that SANS are relevant and in the best interest of the country,” says Sadhvir Bissoon, Standards Executive at SABS.

In the past few weeks, SABS has transitioned to convening online technical committee meetings to ensure that the important work of developing national standards continues with minimal interruptions. “One of the priority projects that has emerged during the pandemic is to fast track the development of an Industry Technical Agreement (ITA) on fabric type face masks. It is important that the publication addresses minimum requirements and test methods for fabric type, reusable face masks,” explains Bissoon.

Standards do not exist in isolation and the need for conformity assessment, that is testing and certification, of products is equally important for quality assurance purposes. “SANS can take anything from six to 24 months to be developed, depending on the complexity of the standard, stakeholder engagement process and achieving a consensus driven publication. Standards are developed through an open, transparent and consensus process within technical committees and are subjected to a public enquiry process. In some cases draft standards are subjected to several rounds of public enquiry processes and SABS has the responsibility of ensuring that the comments are addressed where relevant. These are some of the factors that determine the length of time a standard takes to be developed,” says Bissoon.

SABS currently has a collection of 7 400 SANS and continues to develop more standards. SANS are available for purchase via the SABS webstore.

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Issued by:
Roshelle Pillay; Media Relations; Roshelle.pillay@sabs.co.za;0124286878, 0610300133

Notes:

A list of standards that has been published during April 2020 and May 2020 is provided in the table below:
The edition number indicates whether a standard has been revised or amended, for example edition 1.00 indicates a new standard and edition 2.00 indicates a revision. If a standard has been amended it will be 2.01

SANS	Edition	Title	Abstract
SANS 17	2.00	Glazing materials in furniture	Specifies the general requirements, performance requirements and thickness requirements necessary to ensure a reasonable quality of safety glass or plastics used in the construction of furniture.
SANS 466	2.00	Quality management systems- Guidelines for quality plans	Gives guidelines for establishing, reviewing, accepting, applying and revising quality plans.
SANS 508	1.02	Concrete retaining blocks	Covers blocks made from concrete, which are dry stacked into a wall which is used to retain earth, sand or stone and other superimposed loads.
SANS 660	4.00	School Furniture	Covers the requirements for the materials, construction, finish and performance of tables, in teachers’ desks, chairs and stools for use in classrooms.
SANS 681	3.04	Undercoats for paints	Specifies requirements for two grades of undercoat for use under air-drying paints and for application over primed steel and wood and on sealed and primed masonry, hardboard, compressed fibreboard and similar materials used in the construction and furnishing of buildings.
SANS 887	3.01	Varnish for interior use	Covers the following two types of varnish for interior use on wooden surfaces, Type I: general purpose glossy or eggshell varnish, and Type II: solvent, het, and chemical resistant glossy or eggshell varnish.
SANS 10001	2.0	Quality Management – Customer satisfaction – guidelines for codes of conduct for organisations	Gives guidelines for planning, designing, developing, implementing, maintaining and improving customer satisfaction codes of conduct.
SANS 279-1	1.00	Paints and varnishes – Determination of scratch resistance – Part 1: Constant-loading method	Specifies a test method for determining under defined conditions the resistance of a single coating or a multi-coat system of paint, varnish or related product to penetration by scratching with a scratch stylus loaded with a specified load.
SANS 682	3.01	Aluminium paint	Covers aluminium paint for use as a finishing coat on primed surfaces for exterior and interior exposure.
SANS 825	4.03	Hand dishwashing or light duty detergent (liquid)	Specifies the requirements of liquid detergents for use in soft or hard water for hand dishwashing or light duty detergents for the cleaning of hard surfaces such as painted surfaces, floors, ceilings, ceramic and plastics, tiles and the surfaces of equipment.
SANS 1416	1.05	Alkali-resistant plaster primers (pigmented, solvent-type)	Covers a pigmented, solvent-type of alkali-resistant plaster primer for interior and exterior use on dry cement plaster and concrete, unglazed brick, gypsum plasterboard, fibre-cement boards and other compressed fibre wallboard compositions and on gypsum plaster surfaces pre-sealed with bonding liquid.
SANS 7404-4	1.00	Methods for the petrographic analysis of coals – Part 4: Method of determining microlithotype, carbominerite and minerite composition	Specifies a method, using graticule with 20 crossline intersections, for determining the proportions of microlithotypes, , carbominerite and minerite in coals.
SANS 8892	1.00	Standard for Performance-Rated Cross-Laminated Timber	Provides dimensions and tolerances, performance requirements, test methods, quality assurance, and trademarking for CLT panels.
SANS 10400-B	4.00	The application of the National Building Regulations Part B: Structural design	Provides deemed-to-satisfy requirements for compliance with part B (Structural Design) of the National Building Regulations.
SANS 10400-D	4.00	The application of the National Building Regulations Part D: Public safety	Provides deemed-to-satisfy requirements for compliance with part D of the National Building Regulations. Establishes requirements for safety provisions at changes in level, in the design of ramps and driveways, and in access provided to swimming pools and swimming baths.
SANS 17088	1.00	Specifications for compostable plastics	Specifies procedures and requirements for the identification and labelling of plastics, and products made from plastics, that are suitable for recovery through aerobic composting.
SANS 17100	1.00	Translation services – Requirements for translation services	Provides requirements for the core processes, resources, and other aspects necessary for the delivery of a quality translation service that meets applicable specifications.
SANS 20245	1.00	Cross-border trade of second-hand goods	Establishes minimum screening criteria for second-hand goods that are traded, sold, offered for sale, donated or exchanged between countries.
SATS 22002-5	1.00	Prerequisite programmes on food safety – Part 5: Transport and storage	Specifies requirements for establishing, implementing and maintaining prerequisite programmes (PRPs) for transport and storage in the food chain to assist in controlling food safety hazards.
SANS 22301	2.00	Security and resilience – Business continuity management systems – Requirements	Specifies requirements to implement, maintain and improve a management system to protect against, reduce the likelihood of the occurrence of, prepare for, respond to and recover from disruptions when they arise.
SANS 22316	1.00	Security and Resilience – Organizational resilience principles and attributes	Provides guidance to enhance organizational resilience for any size or type of organization.
SANS 60076-22-4	1.00	Power transformers – Part 22-4: Power transformer and reactor fittings – Insulating liquid to water heat exchangers	Applies to liquid to water heat exchangers, using forced water and forced liquid circuits, used on liquid immersed power transformers according to IEC 60076-1 (published in South Africa as an identical adoption under the designation SANS 60076-1) and reactors according to IEC 60076-6 (published in South Africa as an identical adoption under the designation SANS 60076-6) with and without conservator for indoor or outdoor installation.
SANS 60335-2-9	5.00	Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety Part 2 – 9: Particular requirements for grills, toasters and similar portable cooking appliances	Deals with the safety of electric portable appliances for household and similar purposes that have a cooking function such as baking, roasting and grilling, their rated voltage being not more than 250V.
SANS 60335-2-86	3.00	Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety Part 2-86: Particular requirements for electric fishing machines	Deals with the safety of electric fishing machines by means of which water may be electrified for the purpose of catching fish or for providing barriers to all animals living in water.
SANS 60335-2-89	3.00	Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety Part 2-89: Particular requirements for commercial refrigerating appliances and ice-makers with an incorporated or remote refrigerant unit or compressor	Specifies safety requirements for electrically operated commercial refrigerating appliances and ice-makers that have an incorporated motor-compressor or that are supplied in two units for assembly as a single appliance in accordance with the instructions (split system).
SANS 60335-2-114	1.00	Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety Part 2-114: Particular requirements for self-balancing personal transport devices for use with batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes.	Deals with the electrical safety of self-balancing personal transport devices for use with batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes.
SANS 60794-1-21	1.00	Optical fibres Cables – Part 1-21: General specification – Basic optical cable test procedures – Mechanical test methods.	Applies to optical fibre cables for use with telecommunication equipment and devices employing similar techniques.
SANS 60794-1-24	1.00	Generic specification – Basic optical cable test procedures – Electrical test methods.	Applies to optical fibre cables for use with telecommunication equipment and devices employing similar techniques, and to cables having a combination of both optical fibres and electrical conductors.
SANS 60947-7-4	2.00	Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear Part 7-4: Ancillary equipment – PCB terminal blocks for copper conductors.	Specifies requirements for PCB terminal blocks primarily intended for industrial or similar use.
SANS 61010-2-012	1.00	Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use –Part 2-012: Particular requirements for climatic and environmental testing and other temperature conditioning equipment	Specifies safety requirements for electrical equipment and its accessories.
SANS 61010-2033	1.00	Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use –Part 2-033: Particular requirements for hand-held multimeters for domestic and professional use, capable of measuring MAINS voltage.	Specifies safety requirements for hand-held multimeters for domestic and professional use, capable of measuring mains.
SANS 61010-2-081	2.00	Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use –Part 2-081: Particular requirements for automatic and semi-automatic laboratory equipment for analysis and other purposes.	Applies to automatic and semi-automatic laboratory equipment for analysis and other purposes.
SATS 61724-2	1.00	Photovoltaic system performance – Part2: Capacity evaluation method.	Defines a procedure for measuring and analysing the power production of a specific photovoltaic system with the goal of evaluating the quality of the PV system performance.
SANS 62271-111	3.00	High-voltage switchgear and controlgear Part 111: Automatic circuit reclosers and fault interrupters for alternating current systems up to 38kV	Applies to all overhead, pad-mounted, dry vault and submersible single or multi-pole alternating current automatic circuit reclosers for rated maximum voltages above 1 000 V and up to and including 38kV.
SANS 62271-304	2.00	High-voltage switchgear and controlgear Part 304: Design classes for indoor enclosed switchgear and controlgear for rated voltages above 1kV up to and including 52 kV to be used in severe climatic conditions.	Applies to indoor enclosed switchgear and controlgear complying with IEC 62271-200 and IEC 62271-201 (published in South Africa as an identical adoption under the designation SANS 62271-200 and SANS 62271-201), intended to be used in special service conditions with respect to condensation and pollution deviating from the normal service conditions specified in IEC 62271-1 (published in South Africa as an identical adoption under SANS 62271-1).
SANS 90003	1.00	Software engineering – Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2015 to computer software.	Provides guidance for organizations in the application of ISO 9001:2015 (published in South Africa as an identical adoption under the designation SANS 9001) to the acquisition, supply, development, operation and maintenance of computer software and related support services.
SATS 33073	1.00	Information technology – Process assessment – Process capability assessment model for quality management.	Defines an integrated PRM and PAM that meets the requirements of ISO/IEC 33004 (published in South Africa as an identical adoption under the designation SANS 33004) and that supports the performance of an assessment by providing indicators for guidance on the interpretation of the process purposes and outcomes and the process attributes as defined in ISO/IEC 33020 (published in South Africa as an identical adoption under the designation SANS 33020).
ARP 2077	1.00	Guidelines on Ethics for Traditional Health Practitioners (THPs) in traditional health care.	Specifies the discipline and professionalism required by an individual who has acquired skills of being a THP as well as adherence to ethical conduct in diagnosing, prescribing, dispensing, initiating and healing using African Traditional Medicine (ATM).