Nation

Code

standard name

standard issue institute

Global

ISO

International Organization of Standization

National Standards Organization

Germany

DIN

The German Institute for Standardization

Deutsches Institut fur Normung e.V.

Japan

JIS

Japanese Institute for Standards

Japanese Industrial Standards Committee

Taiwan

CNS

Chinese National Standards

Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, ROC

China

GB

Guobiao/GB

Standization Administration of People’s Republic of China

USA

ASTM

Standards for global industrial fields in terms of designs, production, and trades

American Society forTesting Materials

NSF

Food safety and drinking water safety

National Sanitation Foundation

FDA

Supervision and managements on foods, dietary supplements, drugs, vaccine, biological pharmaceutical preparation, blood preparation, medical equipments, radioactive equipments, veterinary drugs, and cosmetics.

Food and Drug Administration, USA/FDA

UL

Standards and test processes on products, raw materials, parts, tools and equipments

USA product safety certification bodies

Switzerland

SGS

Multinational groups for services of inspection, identification, test, and certification/ SGS certification indicates chemical test, namely RoHS.

SGS