Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries

Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries معهد المواصفات والمقاييس للدول الإسلامية  (Arabic) l’Institut de Normalisation et de Métrologie pour les Pays Islamiques  (French)
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Member States   Observer States   OIC Member States
Administrative centre (Headquarters)	Istanbul, Turkey
Official languages	Arabic English French
Type	Intergovernmental
Membership	42 countries
Leaders
• Secretary-General	İhsan ÖVÜT
Establishment
• Fulfilled the ratification requirement of 10 OIC member countries	May 2010
Website www.smiic.org

The Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC; Arabic: معهد المواصفات والمقاييس للدول الإسلامية‎; French: l’Institut de Normalisation et de Métrologie pour les Pays Islamiques) is a treaty based intergovernmental organization headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, and the institute is affiliated to Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

It is the sole standardization body of the OIC and its study scope covers all aspects of standardization, metrology, accreditation and conformity assessment (testing, quality management, certification) that have a bearing on conformity assessment. Meanwhile, SMIIC is neither a conformity assessment body nor a certification body.

All OIC Member States through their National Standardization, Metrology and Accreditation Bodies can be a SMIIC member. SMIIC has 42 Member States to date. (39 Full and 3 Observer Members as of November 2019). Indonesia, Kuwait and Russia (Observer) are the latest countries which have joined SMIIC and their membership is effective by 2020.

Preparation of standards especially for the OIC Member States, is the main task of SMIIC. The institute also aims to serve as a common platform for all Member States’ relevant bodies in standardization, metrology and accreditation.

SMIIC is recognized as the technically competent and authorized platform for the legal issues and mandated by the OIC to work in the area of standardization and all other related issues. SMIIC’s technical works are open to the contribution of all relevant stakeholders in all over the world. In the development and revision of all Halal related standards, the main partner of the institute is the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), based in Jeddah.

As of 2020, there are 18 technical committees established under SMIIC working on various standard projects according to the needs of the OIC region including halal.

OIC/SMIIC standards on legal issues

• General Requirements for Halal Food , (with the references of ISO and CODEX Standards on food and food safety + Islamic Fiqh Rules),
• Conformity Assessment – Requirements for Bodies Providing Halal Certification , (with the references of ISO standards on conformity assessment, food management systems and quality management systems + Islamic Fiqh Rules),
• Conformity Assessment – Requirements for Halal Accreditation Bodies Accrediting Halal Conformity Assessment Bodies , (with the references of ISO standards on conformity assessment + Islamic Fiqh Rules),
• Halal Cosmetics - General Requirements, (with the references of ISO standard on good manufacturing practices for cosmetics, + Islamic Fiqh Rules)
• Particular requirements for the application of the general requirements for Halal Food OIC/SMIIC standard to places where Halal foods and beverages are prepared, stored and served (with the references of ISO standards on food safety + Islamic Fiqh Rules),
• Halal Tourism Services – General Requirements.

References

Category:List of international organizations based in Istanbul

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