The 10th Plenary Meeting of ISO TC249 was held in Bangkok

 

The 10th ISO/TC249 Plenary Meeting was held in Bangkok Thailand, June 2-6. The meeting was attended by 221 delegates from 12 countries, including Korea, as well as the WFCMS and WFAS, the ISO Central Secretariat.

※ ISO(International Organization for Standardization) 

※ TC(Technical Committee)249 Traditional Chinese Medicine 

※ 12 countries : the Republic of Korea, the United States, Germany, Japan, Australia, China, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Norway, Vietnam, Thailand and Spain.  

※ WFCMS(World Federation on Chinese Medicine Societies) 

※ WFAS(World Federation of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Societies)

 

Korea submitted 9 proposals including 3 proposals for the WG1, 1 proposal for the WG2, 1 proposal for WG3, 2 proposals for WG4, 1 proposal for WG5 and 1 proposal for JWG6.  “Sterile knife needle for single use” and “electrical cupping device” have been resolved at the plenary meeting to proceed to NP ballot. Two proposals such as “Chemical profiling of herbal medicines” and “smokeless moxibustion devices” have been resolved to be developed as Technical Report.  

 

 

Working Group	terms of reference
WG1	Quality and safety of raw materials and traditional processing
WG2	Quality and safety of manufactured TCM products
WG3	Quality of acupuncture needles and safe use of acupuncture
WG4	Quality and safety of medical devices other than acupuncture needles
WG5	Terminology and Informatics
JWG1	Joint ISO/TC 249 - ISO/TC 215 WG: Informatics
JWG6	Joint ISO/TC 249 - IEC/SC 62D WG:Electromedical equipment

 

ISO/TC 249 took place the award ceremony for project leaders who had made a great contribution to develop international standards. The awards were given to 4 experts from Korea; Dr. Sang-Hoon Lee from Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine(KIOM)(ISO 20487:2019 Test method of single-use acupuncture needle for electrical stimulation), Ji-Hye Kim from KIOM(ISO 20498-1:2019 Computerized tongue image analysis system -- Part 1: General requirements), Dr. Oh-Sang Kwon from Wonkwang University, Young-Sang Kwon from Daeyomedi Cooperation(ISO 21366:2019 General requirements for smokeless moxibustion devices) and Dr. Woong-Mo Yang from Kyunghee University(ISO 20334:2018 Coding system of formulae).