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The quality standard, BS 5750 has been revised for the British Ministry of Defence (MoD). New identity of the standard will be as BS EN ISO 9000. Standards affected by the revision includes: Quality management and quality assurance, model for quality assurance in design, development, production, installation and servicing. Another standards affected are model for quality assurance in final inspection and test. The Association of British Certification Bodies, in consultation with MoD, have declared that organizations making application to Third Party Certification Bodies after 1 August 1994 should normally be assessed to the appropriate BS EN ISO 9000:1994 standard.

The article discusses international quality standards. The new series of international quality assurance standards, the ISO 9000 series, was issued by the International Standards Organization (ISO) in June 1987. The ISO 9000 series will replace national Quality Assessment(QA) standards in the participating nations. The new ISO Standard emphasizes modern aspects of quality assurance, including design control and internal audits. The subparts of ISO 9000: ISO 9001, 9002, 9003 and 9004, cover new product development and manufacture, production of existing lines, control of non-conformity and the setting up of QA systems, respectively.