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10.01.2012 High-tech vehicles - High-tech ISO safety standards
As vehicles become more complex, with new features like driver assistance systems or electronic-based functions, it is more important than ever to identify potential risks of software and hardware failures whose consequences could be fatal. For this purpose, ISO has published a new standard to ensure the functional safety of electrical and electronic systems in road vehicles.

05.01.2012 Road vehicles run on ISO standards
ISO has just published a new brochure giving a concise overview of its substantial portfolio of International Standards that share state-of-the-art technology and good practice with the automotive sector worldwide.

04.01.2012 Safe food from the farm with ISO/TS 22002-3
Safer food farming is the principal benefit targeted by a new ISO technical specification, latest in the ISO 22000 series of standards for food safety management systems.

07.09.2011 World Standards Day Message 14 October 2011
International standards – Creating confidence globally

23.08.2011 Your red, my orange - ISO standard for sensory assessment of colours
Whether we argue that an object is purple instead blue, or green instead of yellow, may depend on the time of day, the light source and surrounding environment or our individual colour vision. This can be problematic for industry when comparing products through sensory analysis. An ISO standard, ISO 11037:2011, Sensory analysis – Guidelines for sensory assessment of the colour of products, reduces this complexity by ensuring that sensory colour assessments are conducted under similar conditions and results are communicated in a consistent manner.