How do I know the shelf life of things?
Description: All things have an expiry date. The staff at Moscow's Centre for Testing, Certification and Standardisation of Functional Materials and Technologies (CISIS FMT) can find out. They conduct hundreds of experiments on prototypes here: they corrode, break down into substances, test for durability - all so that business representatives can be sure of the quality of their goods.
Our story tells you what the prototypes look like and how many tests the centre's staff conducts each year.
TV BRICS reporter: Aleksandra Stolyarova
TV BRICS cameraman: Pavel Polovinka
We would like to thank the Centre for Testing, Certification and Standardisation of Functional Materials and Technologies for its help in organising the filming.