ABSTRACT

This chapter, although a relatively short one, deserves an individual place in this book because at the time of writing schemes are already operational in the industrialised countries of the world which enable Companies, Test Houses and the like to be registered under a National Quality Assurance Scheme. The schemes embrace all industries and laboratories and not only guarantee a minimum standard of quality in product or service but also encourage International trade in these two items. Developing countries will only be developing for a limited number of years, and the scheme will spread and it is in all parties’ interests to encourage such spread.