Riyadh, October 27, 2022, SPA -- International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has recently published the international standard on safety constraints for cupping devices "hijamah tools" (ISO 5227) as the first international standard developed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a national standard before becoming an international standard as per ISO regulations. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by Saudi Food and Drug Authority, led the draft project to prepare the standard through its specialists in the field as part of the international technical committee on traditional medicine (ISO/TC 249), where the project started in April 2019 and went through several stages of “new international draft”, “committee draft,” “initial draft for an international standard,” and then “final draft for an international standard,” supported by the approval of the majority of countries at the committee, before publishing the standard as an accredited standard on ISO website. This is part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s successes and contributions in the field of organizing and monitoring medical devices and equipment at the international level. --SPA 15:54 LOCAL TIME 12:54 GMT 0019 www.spa.gov.sa/w1803697