The Mauritius Standards Bureau (MSB) is a corporate body which has been set up under the Mauritius Standards Bureau Act 1993. The Bureau is responsible for standardization, quality assurance, testing and metrology. MSB operates a certification marking scheme for products and a national management system certification scheme (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO / IEC 27001, ISO 22000, HACCP).
MSB is also the custodian of the national measurement standards and offers calibration services. It is the National Inquiry point for WTO / TBT matters.
MSB is a member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), an affiliate member of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and a member of the African Organization for Standardization (ARSO).
The Bureau is an Associate Member of CGPM – BIPM (General Conference on Weights and Measures) and is a signatory to the CIPM MRA (International Committee on Weights and Measures – Mutual Recognition Arrangement).
The Mauritian economy is steadily opening itself to international competition bringing in its wake new opportunities and challenges. Many economic sectors are under close scrutiny to re-engineer their competitiveness through quality improvements with a view to unlocking new overseas markets as well as establishing their position on the domestic market.
It is widely recognized that one of the underpinnings favouring international competitiveness and international trade is a reliable and traceable measurement system, an accredited conformity assessment structure, a transparent and consensual standardization infrastructure and a widely recognized accreditation system. These are the four pillars of what is commonly termed as the Mauritian Quality Infrastructure. The Mauritius Standards Bureau is an integral part of the Mauritian Quality Infrastructure.
The Mauritius Standards Bureau is a parastatal body operating under the aegis of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection. It was created in 1975 with the mandate to develop national standards and provide conformity assessment services. The Bureau became a corporate body under the Mauritius Standards Bureau Act 1993 with decision making authority vested upon a Board namely the Standards Council. The change of status brought in its wake a new dynamism.
The organizational structure was revamped to accompany the new strategic intents of the Bureau. Presently, there are five separate and distinct technical units namely the Standards Development Unit for the elaboration of standards, the Engineering Unit and the Chemical Unit for the testing of a wide range of products, the Quality Assurance & Training Unit for product and management systems certification and the organization of training courses on Standardisation, Quality Assurance and related systems and the Metrology Unit for the calibration of equipment in industry and for the custody of national measurement standards.
In addition the Business Development Unit, the Documentation and Information Centre, the Finance Division, the Human Resource Division and the Administrative Division provide support to these technical units
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