ISO 23134:2022—Ground Roasted Coffee
The legend goes that in 800 AD, Kaldi, an Ethiopian goat herder, discovered coffee after noticing his goats become very energetic after eating berries from a […]
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NFPA 790/791 Field Evaluation Body Program
ANAB’s Field Evaluation Body (FEB) program for NFPA 790, Standard For Competency Of Third-Party Field Evaluation Bodies, and NFPA 791, Recommended Practice And Procedures For […]
IEC 60068-2-14 Ed. 7.0 b:2023—Temperature Testing
Thermal testing is a method of testing a material’s ability to operate safely at different temperatures. Data gathered by thermal tests allow users of products to […]
ISO 10312:2019—Determination Of Asbestos Fibers
Asbestos have been used in more than 3,000 products, including ceiling and floor tiles, thermal and electrical insulation, cement pipe and sheet, filters, coatings, brake […]
ANSI/PDA Standard 001-2020: Medical Purchasing Controls
Concerns related to the efficacy and safety of medical drugs have caused most governments to develop regulatory agencies to oversee development and marketing of drug products and […]
Adventure Tourism
Wildlife biologists made modern ziplining popular when they were looking for a way to study and explore densely forested areas of Costa Rica without disturbing […]
A Brief History of Golf
Golf courses around the world have different numbers of holes. Even the Old Course at St. Andrew in Scotland, which was the first course to […]
ISO 25649-1:2017—Floating Leisure Articles In Water
The history of today’s inflatables began centuries ago when the Romans used animal skin-based contraptions for boats, such as reed rafts, bladders filled with air, […]
NSF/ANSI 7-2023: Commercial Refrigerators And Freezers
The refrigerators of the 1920s were deadly because their motorized compressors easily malfunctioned, allowing the refrigerants (i.e., toxic gases) to escape and sicken or kill […]
IEC 60335-2-53 Ed. 4.1 b:2017—Sauna & Infrared Cabins
Sweating has long been used as a therapy and traditional medicine. The Mayans used sweat houses 3,000 years ago. In Finland, saunas have been used for thousands […]