In our age of globalization, international trade and transnational companies, it is difficult to overestimate the importance of the unity of criteria for the consumer properties of goods. In the context of the dominance of imports on domestic counters, marked not according to GOST, it is important to understand the main systems for maintaining regulatory and technical documentation that regulates the requirements for product quality. At the moment, three systems can be ranked as the most common and useful:
- ISO, the latest version of which dates back to 2003. It is developed by the organization of the same name, which was established by representatives of the twenty-five most industrialized countries at that time in London in 1946. Positioned as voluntary and non-governmental. Certification issues are also ISO's remit. Includes current regulations covering almost all existing types of goods and services from agricultural products and children's toys to environmental protection and the latest medical developments and ensuring that all of the above is of high quality, safe and reliable. However, the International Electrotechnical Commission deals with electrical engineering and electronics. ISO reports are published annually on the official website and are publicly available. The Russian Federation as the legal successor of the USSR is also a member of this committee. It is represented by the State Standard of the Russian Federation.
- Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (abbreviated DIN), the purpose of which is to develop normative and technical documentation. Consists of seventy-four regulatory committees, which include more than twenty-six thousand experts. Despite the fact that DIN has been a member of ISO since 1951, it is primarily a German institution representing the interests of Germany and headquartered in Berlin. Works under a contract with the government of this country. Collaborates with numerous scientific institutes, leading world firms and government organizations. The volume of the issued DIN normative and technical documentation exceeds thirty thousand copies.
- GMP is a set of rules for regulating the manufacture of products related to medicine, from the design and construction of pharmaceutical plants to the regulation of the food additives market. It was created in the United States of America in 1963, but six years later it was recommended by the World Health Organization for use in all countries of the world. The uniqueness of GMP lies in the fact that it is a set of requirements for each stage of production and testing of pharmaceuticals and other medical goods and services. Even the requirements for staff clothing and air purification are taken into account
