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German Institute for Standardization (DIN)
Institution
Section overview
Description
DIN, the German Institute for Standardization, develops norms and standards as a service to industry, the state and society as a whole. A registered non-profit association, DIN has been based in Berlin since 1917.
DIN's primary task is to work closely with its stakeholders to develop consensus-based standards that meet market requirements. Some 26,000 experts contribute their skills and experience to the standardization process.By agreement with the German Federal Government, DIN is the acknowledged national standards body that represents German interests in European and international standards organizations. Ninety percent of the standards work now carried out by DIN is international in nature.
Activities
- Project Management Agency
- Research Support
Involved in research projects
- Development and evaluation of modern test and analytical methods for the quality assessment of cereals and cereal products.
- Development and optimization of analytical methods for table potatoes, potato products and starch potatoes
- Management of and participation in national and international committees working in the area of oilseeds, fats and oils and the specifying of limits, quality grades, regulations and methods of analysis.
- Optimization of methods of detection and qualitative and quantitative detection of microorganisms in milk and dairy products
- Standardisation of Rapeseed Oil and other Plant Oils for Fuel Use
- Standardization of methods of analysis for oilseeds and oilseed meals, and for animal and vegetable fats and oils. Provision of evaluated methods of analysis for the official analytical methods according to § 64 of the German food act.
Contact
German Institute for Standardization
(DIN)
Burggrafenstraße 6
10787 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 30 2601-0
Fax: +49 30 2601-1231