The CEN supports standardization activities in relation to a wide range of fields
and sectors including air and space, chemicals, construction, consumer products,
defense and security, energy, the environment, food and feed, health and safety,
healthcare, ICT, machinery, materials, pressure equipment, services, smart living,
transport, and packaging. In particular, the CEN has published around 65 standards
that are related to agricultural activities (https://standards.cen.eu/index.html), such as
agricultural machinery, plastic-thermoplastic films, and equipment for crop
protection.
5.2.4 ANSI
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has served in its capacity as
administrator and coordinator of the United States private sector voluntary standardization system for 100 years. Founded in 1918 by five engineering societies and
three government agencies, the institute remains a private, nonprofit membership
organization supported by a diverse constituency of private and public sector
organizations. The institute has nearly 1000 company, organization, government
agency, institutional, and international members. More than 10,000 American
National Standards (ANS) have been developed.
Besides adopting those ISO agriculture-related standards, the ANSI has promoted
a comprehensive sustainable agricultural standard that addresses all three aspects of
sustainability: environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and economic prosperity (ANSI-LEO-4000). This standard empowers the entire agricultural supply
chain, from producers to consumers to advance sustainability. The standard provides
clear communication of farm production sustainability achievements down to the
supply chain and clear communication of buyer requests for farm production
sustainability achievements up to the supply chain. The standard also provides
buyers and sellers with reliable benchmarking through the four levels of certification
(bronze through platinum) and a structure that encourages continuous improvement
strategies. This standard currently addresses agricultural crops and will be expanded
to address animal production in the future.
5.3 Typical Standard Development Process
The process of developing a standard is actually a way to reach consensus. Although
exact process differs from one standard organization to the other, it usually consists
of the following steps: interested members proposing a standard development effort,
organization authority approving it, members continually working on a variety of
versions of the standard documents, communities raising feedbacks and comments
that have to be addressed, standard ballot, and members finally approving the
standard document.
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and sectors including air and space, chemicals, construction, consumer products,
defense and security, energy, the environment, food and feed, health and safety,
healthcare, ICT, machinery, materials, pressure equipment, services, smart living,
transport, and packaging. In particular, the CEN has published around 65 standards
that are related to agricultural activities (https://standards.cen.eu/index.html), such as
agricultural machinery, plastic-thermoplastic films, and equipment for crop
protection.
5.2.4 ANSI
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has served in its capacity as
administrator and coordinator of the United States private sector voluntary standardization system for 100 years. Founded in 1918 by five engineering societies and
three government agencies, the institute remains a private, nonprofit membership
organization supported by a diverse constituency of private and public sector
organizations. The institute has nearly 1000 company, organization, government
agency, institutional, and international members. More than 10,000 American
National Standards (ANS) have been developed.
Besides adopting those ISO agriculture-related standards, the ANSI has promoted
a comprehensive sustainable agricultural standard that addresses all three aspects of
sustainability: environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and economic prosperity (ANSI-LEO-4000). This standard empowers the entire agricultural supply
chain, from producers to consumers to advance sustainability. The standard provides
clear communication of farm production sustainability achievements down to the
supply chain and clear communication of buyer requests for farm production
sustainability achievements up to the supply chain. The standard also provides
buyers and sellers with reliable benchmarking through the four levels of certification
(bronze through platinum) and a structure that encourages continuous improvement
strategies. This standard currently addresses agricultural crops and will be expanded
to address animal production in the future.
5.3 Typical Standard Development Process
The process of developing a standard is actually a way to reach consensus. Although
exact process differs from one standard organization to the other, it usually consists
of the following steps: interested members proposing a standard development effort,
organization authority approving it, members continually working on a variety of
versions of the standard documents, communities raising feedbacks and comments
that have to be addressed, standard ballot, and members finally approving the
standard document.
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Y. Bai