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20th
July 2010
Tanzania participates in preparation
of International carbon footprint
standard
Tanzania is actively
participating in the preparation of an
International Standard on carbon footprint of
products (CFP), and has sent a delegation of two
people to defend its national position in a series
of meetings held from 11 - 17th July 2010 in
Mexico.
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7th
June 2010
TBS inspects 376
local industries
Tanzania Bureau of Standards
(TBS) has visited 376 industries in 19 regions in
Tanzania as part of its efforts to ensure that all
local production abides by national
standards.This was revealed by TBS
Director, Mr. Charles Ekelege, during a function
to grant standards mark licences to manufacturers
whose products have recently been certified
against relevant Tanzania
standards.
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19th
May 2010
Over 1500 East
African standards
harmonized
As the East African Community
(EAC) celebrates ten years since its
re-establishment, the regional bloc’s bureaus of
standards have made an achievement by harmonizing
standards of various products. This was revealed recently in
Arusha, by the EAC’s Director General of Customs
and Trade, Mr. Peter Kiguta, during the opening of
the 14th East African Standards Committee (EASC)
meeting.
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13th
April 2010
Dr. Nagu inaugurates regional cotton
testing
laboratory
Cotton producing
countries in the Eastern and Southern African
region will now benefit from the newly established
cotton testing facility.This was said recently by the
Minister for Industry, Trade and Marketing, Hon.
Dr. Mary Nagu, during the inauguration of the
Regional Technical Centre (RTC) for East and
Central Africa under the Commercial
Standardization of Instrument Testing of Cotton
Project.
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7th
April 2010
EAC national standards
bodies to harmonize inspection
procedures
The East
African Community national standards bodies are
working on the harmonization of quality inspection
procedures among the five member states.
The East African
Community (EAC) Quality Assurance Technical
Sub-committee is studying EAC member countries’
quality inspection processes as part of the
process to harmonize inspection procedures in the
region.
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10th
March 2010
Dealers in petroleum products urged
to adhere to
standards
Tanzania
Bureau of Standards (TBS) has called upon dealers
in petroleum products to adhere to national
standards prescribing quality and safety
requirements in the sector.
TBS Director, Mr. Charles
Ekelege, made the appeal during the grant of
licences ceremony held at TBS offices in Dar es
Salaam recently, urging the dealers to collect
standards from TBS and implement them
accordingly.
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3rd
February 2010
TBS celebrates landmark year
2009
Tanzania Bureau
of Standards (TBS) Director, Mr. Charles Ekelege
has named the year 2009 as a landmark year in
terms of the achievements gained by the Bureau in
standardization and quality assurance
activities.Addressing TBS members of staff and
their spouses during a New Year party held at the
Blue Pearl Hotel
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23rd
February 2010
Standard for cells and batteries
undergoes
revision
Tanzania Bureau of Standards
is overseeing the revision of the Tanzania
Standard for primary batteries.
The Cells and Batteries
Technical Committee met recently under the
chairmanship of Engineer Simon Kabingo from the
Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT), to
discuss the proposed changes to the standard as
presented by its Secretary, Mr. Liberatus
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9th
January 2010
Manufacturers
urged to value TBS quality
mark
Manufacturers of various
products have been urged to value the TBS
standards mark of quality as it enables their
products to be easily marketable worldwide .
Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Director, Mr. Charles Ekelege made the remark
during the grant of licences ceremony which was
held at TBS headquarters recently.
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7th December
2009
HIV positive workers assured of
workplace security
PEOPLE living with
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) - the virus
that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS) - have been sensitized to know their rights
at working places as the government recognizes
them with their status. Speaking to Tanzania
Bureau of Standards (TBS) workers in an event to
mark the World Aids Day recently, Dr. Fidelis
Owenya
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4th December
2009
TBS warns against unlawful use of
standards mark
TANZANIA Bureau of Standards
(TBS) has issued a warning against manufacturers
who use the standards mark of quality on their
products without following the rigorous procedures
attached to the mark. TBS Director, Mr. Charles
Ekelege gave the warning recently, during a
ceremony to grant standards mark licences and
tested products certificates to manufacturers
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29th October
2009
EAC harmonizes standardization,
quality assurance
regulations
The East African
Community (EAC) partner states will soon have
uniform regulations on matters of standardization
and quality assurance. This was revealed on
October 21, during a national stakeholders
workshop to discuss and comment on the East
African Community Standardization, Quality
Assurance
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09th October
2009
Parliamentary Committee commends TBS
performance
The Parliamentary
Parastatal Organizations Accounts Committee (POAC)
has commended the Tanzania Bureau of Standards
(TBS) for its efforts to ensure that Tanzania is
free from substandard products. The Committee had
visited TBS headquarters in Dar es Salaam on
Wednesday, October 7, to familiarize itself with
the activities performed by the
Bureau.
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5th
October 2009
TBS introduces imports
standardization mark
Tanzania Bureau of
Standards (TBS) has introduced a new mark which
will cater for imported certified products.The
import standardization mark was presented to
stakeholders by TBS Director, Mr. Charles Ekelege,
at a stakeholders pre-implementation conference
held at TBS headquarters in Dar es Salaam, on
Friday, October 2, 2009.
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29th
September 2009
ISO President visits
Tanzania
The President of the
International Organization for Standardization
(ISO), Dr. Alan Morrison has paid a visit to
Tanzania. Dr. Morrison arrived in Tanzania on
Friday, 25th September, 2009 and was received by
his hosts, the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)
Executive Council Chairperson Prof. Apollinaria
Pereka, and Director, Mr. Charles
Ekelege.
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4th September
2009
National Committee on SPS
launched
The Tanzania National
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
has been launched. The Committee was launched
recently by the Permanent Secretary in the
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Marketing, Mrs.
Joyce Mapunjo at the Tanzania Bureau of Standards
(TBS) headquarters. Members of the Committee,
constituted in accordance with Section 12 of the
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17th August
2009
TBS challenges industry to
adopt packaging principles
Tanzania Bureau of Standards
(TBS) has challenged the packaging industry to add
value to Tanzania products by adopting the use of
packaging know-how. The challenge was given
by TBS Director, Mr. Charles Ekelege, when opening
a workshop on packaging technology, held at the
Blue Pearl Hotel in Dar es Salaam
recently.
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14th August
2009
MITM PS emphasizes need for social
responsibility
Business organizations,
companies and individual entrepreneurs in the
country must critically observe social
responsibilities instead of concentrating on
profit making activities only. The Permanent
Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and
Marketing (MITM), Mrs. Joyce Mapunjo made the
remark recently,
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29th June
2009
ISO Committee on environmental
management standards meets in
Cairo
The International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical
Committee on Environmental Management Standards,
ISO/TC 207, held its meeting in Cairo, Egypt
recently,
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2009
TBS assures customers of excellence
in testing
The Tanzania Bureau of
Standards (TBS) has assured consumers and
manufacturers that it doesn’t just issue standards
mark licences without ascertaining the quality of
products.
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2009
More TBS laboratories get
accredited
Two more Tanzania
Bureau of Standards (TBS) laboratories have been
granted certificates of accreditation by South
African National Accreditation System
(SANAS).
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23rd June
2009
Experts urged to sensitize public on
food quality,
safety
Experts on risk based food
inspection have been urged to form a joint
initiative to sensitize the public on food quality
and safety, so as to do away with food-borne
diseases. Opening a
three-day workshop for food quality and safety
trainers held recently in Mwanza, the Ilemela
District
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23rd June
2009
Nagu urges TBS to continue
supporting SMEs
The Minister for
Industry, Trade and Marketing, Hon. Dr. Mary Nagu
(MP) has urged Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)
to continue supporting Small and Medium
Enterprises (SMEs) in issues of quality so as to
meet the required standards on the products they
produce.
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27th May 2009
EAC Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Protocol crucial –
Ekelege
Stakeholders discussing
the draft East African Community Protocol on
Sanitary and Phytosanitary (EAC-SPS) Measures have
been urged to consider international requirements
in keeping with the World Trade Organization
(WTO)’s agreement, regional
aspects
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15th
May
2009
EAC standards bodies resolve to
implement SQMT Act
The East Africa Community
(EAC) National Standards Bodies have resolved to
prioritize the implementation of the East African
Community (EAC) Standards, Quality Assurance,
Metrology and Testing (SQMT) Act so as to
facilitate mutual recognition of quality marks and
participation of private sector in SQMT
activities.
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6th May
2009
Ekelege elected SADC standardization
committee vice chair
Tanzania Bureau of
Standards (TBS) Director Mr. Charles Ekelege has
been elected Vice Chair of the Southern African
Development Community Cooperation in
Standardization (SADCSTAN).Mr. Ekelege was elected
to the two-year rotating post during the 12th
SADCSTAN meeting held in Gaborone,
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17th
April
2009
TBS to inspect all Tanzania
industries
The Tanzania Bureau of
Standards has embarked on a programme to inspect
all industries in the country in its bid to get
rid of substandard products in the local
market. This was revealed
by TBS Director, Mr. Charles Ekelege on Wednesday,
April 15, 2009, during a ceremony to grant
standard mark licences and tested products
certificates to manufacturers
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8th April
2009
Manual on food quality, safety
launched
The manual on food quality
and safety to be used in teachers colleges and
secondary schools in Tanzania has been launched.
The manual, which
will be used to impart awareness on food quality
and safety among Tanzanian t
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26th February
2009
TBS to sustain war against
substandard
products
The Tanzania Bureau of
Standards (TBS) will always be alongside
manufacturers whose products have been certified,
to help them fight against unfair competition with
uncertified and substandard
products.
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20th February
2009
Nagu inaugurates new TBS Executive
Council
The Minister for Industry,
Trade and Marketing, Dr. Mary Nagu (MP) has
inaugurated a new Executive Council (EC) which
will oversee the Tanzania Bureau of Standards
(TBS) in the next three years. The body of
11 councilors, which was appointed on December 8,
2008 and whose tenure expires on December 7, 2011,
was officially inaugurated in a ceremony that took
place at the TBS headquarters in Dar es Salaam, on
Tuesday, February 17, 2009.
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15th January
2009
TBS caters for rural and urban
manufacturers-
Ekelege
Tanzania Bureau of Standards
(TBS) will continue to ensure that products
produced by small, medium and large manufacturers
are certified provided that they meet the required
standards. TBS Director, Charles Ekelege made the
remark recently in Hanang District, Manyara
region, when presenting a paper on standardization
during a one day workshop held at Katesh, which
was attended by more than 300 participants from 22
neighboring villages.
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