SASO是英文Saudi Arabian Standards Organization的缩写,即沙特阿拉伯标准组织。SASO负责为所有的日用品及产品制定国家标准,标准中还涉及度量制度,标识等。事实上,SASO标准中有很多是在相关的国际电工(IEC)等国际组织的的安全标准基础上建立的。像很多其他的国家一样,沙特阿拉伯根据自己国家的民用及工业电压,地理及气候环境,民族宗教习惯等在标准中添加了一些特有的项目。为了实现保护消费者的目的,SASO标准不只针对从国外进口的产品,对于在沙特阿拉伯本土生产的产品也同样适用。
沙特阿拉伯工业及商务部及SASO要求所有SASO认证标准包含的产品在进入沙特海关时有SASO认证证书。没有SASO证书的产品会被沙特港口海关拒绝入境。
所有出口到沙特阿拉伯国家的消费类产品(能被成人小孩在家,办公室或其他休闲场所使用的)都被列为规定产品,共涉及五大类:
类:玩具;
第二类:电器和电子产品;
第三类:汽车产品;
第四类:化工产品;
第五类:其他产品。
以下不属于消费类产品的有:医疗仪器;医疗产品;食品;产品。
禁止向沙特出口的产品包括:武器、酒类、镇静剂、猪肉、色情资料、酿酒设备、烟火、圣诞树、肉豆蔻、面具、可视电话、表现动物和人的玩具或雕像等40多个品种。
New Standards - Saudi Arabian Standards Organization(SASO)
Standard Number Standard Title
SASO 273-2007 Standard for Cottage Cheese
SASO 36-2007 Rubber,vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of adhesion to textile fabrics
SASO 545-1994 Determination of Fatty Acids in Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils - Second Part: Analysis by Gas-Liquid Chromatography of Methyl Esters of Fatty Acids
SASO 590-1994 Microbiology - General Guidance for Enumeration of Presumptive Escherichia Coli - Most Probable Number Technique Arabic Version
SASO 1223-1998 Specification for Ceramic and Glass Insulating Materials Part 3: Individual Materials
SASO 788-1994 Measurement of Relative Permittivity, Dielectric Dissipation Factor and D.C. Resistivity of Insulating Liquids
SASO 812-2007 Rubber,vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of low-temperature brittleness
SASO 883-2008 Indexable hardmetal (carbide) inserts with rounded corners, without fixing hole - Dimensions
SASO 969-1998 Methods of Test for Telephone Sets Arabic Version;
SASO 1019-1998 Ductile Cast Iron Pipes, Fittings and Accessories for Pressure Pipelines - Test Methods Arabic Version;
SASO 1160-1998 Coffee and its Products - Vocabulary Arabic Version;
SASO 1256-2008 Standard for Fire Test of Roof Deck Constructions
SASO 1301-1997 Food Packages - Part 2: Plastic Packages - General Requirements Arabic Version
SASO 211-1981 Methods for Load Verification of Tensile Testing Machines
SASO 501-1987 Meat and Meat Products - Determination of Free Fat Content Arabic Version
SASO 1047-1998 Methods of Test for Antioxidants Permitted for Use in Food Products Arabic Version;
SASO 1050-2007 Transformers for tubular discharge lamps having a no-load output voltage exceeding 1000 V (generally called neon-transformers). General and safety requirements