British Standards Institution

Sector: Governance & Resilience

Categories: Laboratory medicine. Other | Fire-resistance. Building materials and elements | | Mathematics. Natural sciences

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy & Strategy Committee, is responsible for the UK input into CEN/TC 419 and ISO/TC 272, and is also responsible for the preparation, publication and review of British Standards for forensic science services

Committee standards activity

In Progress (6)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
ISO/NP 25714	Recovery of items (Evidence Materials) in sexual assault cases Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2025-01-27	Proposal
BS ISO 21043-5	Forensic Sciences. Part 5: Reporting Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS ISO 21043-4	Forensic Sciences. Part 4: Interpretation Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS ISO 21043-3	Forensic Sciences. Part 3: Analysis and examination of material Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2020-11-26	Drafting
BS ISO 18385	Minimizing the risk of human DNA contamination in products used to collect, store and analyze biological material for forensic purposes — Requirements Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-08-07	Drafting
BS EN ISO 21043-2	Forensic sciences — Part 2: Recognition, recording, collecting, transport and storage of items Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2024-11-01	Drafting

Published (6)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO 18385:2016	Minimizing the risk of human DNA contamination in products used to collect, store and analyze biological material for forensic purposes. Requirements Categories: Published standard begins : 2016-02-03	Published standard
BS EN ISO 21043-5:2025	Forensic sciences. Reporting Categories: Published standard begins : 2025-06-20	Published standard
BS EN ISO 21043-4:2025	Forensic sciences. Interpretation Categories: Published standard begins : 2025-06-20	Published standard
BS EN ISO 21043-3:2025	Forensic sciences. Analysis Categories: Published standard begins : 2025-06-20	Published standard
BS EN ISO 21043-2:2020	Forensic sciences. Recognition, recording, collecting, transport and storage of items Categories: Published standard begins : 2020-04-07	Published standard
BS EN ISO 21043-1:2025	Forensic science. Vocabulary Categories: Mathematics. Natural sciences \| Published standard begins : 2025-06-20	Published standard

Withdrawn (2)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO 21043-2:2018	Forensic sciences. Recognition, recording, collecting, transport and storage of items Categories: Withdrawn begins : 2020-04-07	Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 21043-1:2018	Forensic Sciences. Terms and definitions Categories: Withdrawn begins : 2025-06-20	Withdrawn

Standards Development

FSM/1 - Forensic Science Processes

Committee standards activity