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5th
October 2011
Ekelege
stresses need for partnership with
media
Tanzania
Bureau of Standards (TBS) Director General, Mr.
Charles Ekelege has stressed the need for a
partnership between his organization and the media
as the best way to fight a successful war against
substandard
products.
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12th
September 2011
TBS launches free toll
phone service
The clients of Tanzania Bureau
of Standards (TBS) will now be attended
effectively and free of charge after the launching
of free toll phone services.
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20th June 2011
TBS
blocks substandard gas oil
consignment
TANZANIA Bureau of Standards
(TBS) has blocked 5,000 metric tonnes of gas oil
(diesel) destined for the local market, for safety
reasons.
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20th June 2011
Zanzibar government to establish
standards bureau
The government of Zanzibar
will soon establish its own standards body that
will cater for all importers, exporters and local
manufacturers in
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24th
May 2011
Farmers urged to embrace packaging
skills
People
involved in commercial farming and business have
been urged to adhere to packaging standards and
skills so as to be able
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23rd
March 2011
Food safety, quality vital:
Government
The government has emphasized
the importance of food safety and quality in its
efforts to stimulate local markets and
exports.
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23rd
March 2011
TBS urged to discipline offending
government
bodies
The government has
directed the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) to
take action against government
institutions which do not comply with set
standards in their
activities.
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23rd
March 2011
TBS bans 2-stroke
motorcycles
Tanzania
Bureau of Standards (TBS) has prohibited
motorcycles with two stroke engines on
environmental concerns, and has recommended 4
stroke ones
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3rd
January 2011
TBS formulates 120 standards, issues
157
licences
The year 2010 has been a
landmark year for Tanzania Bureau of Standards in
standardization and quality assurance activities.
The
Bureau has formulated 120 national standards in
various fields, issued 157
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13th
December 2010
Chami
promises TBS mandate extension to the
Isles
The Minister for Industry and
Trade, Hon. Dr. Cyril Chami has promised to work
on the possibility of Tanzania Bureau of Standards
(TBS) getting a legal mandate to operate in
Zanzibar.
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3rd
December 2010
Dealers
in flour, edible oil, bread urged to conform to
standards
Tanzania Bureau of
Standards has called upon dealers in wheat flour,
maize flour, bread and edible fat and oil to abide
by the national standards for the
products.
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3rd
December 2010
TBS issues 22 standards mark
licences
Tanzania Bureau of Standards has
issued 22 standards mark licences and one tested
product certificate to manufacturers whose
products have been tested and verified to conform
to relevant standards
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19th
November 2010
EAC regulations to
implement SQMT Act 2006 in partner
states
The East
African Community (EAC) partner states are making
deliberate efforts to foster regional integration
with the aim of improving the economic, social and
environmental pillars that
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28th
September 2010
Thirty companies granted standards
mark licences
THIRTY companies, including
10 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been
granted with licences to use the Tanzania Bureau
of Standards (TBS) standards mark of quality on
their products.
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27th
August 2010
Government commends ISO for
standardization
efforts
The
Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
Industry, Trade and Marketing Dr. Shaaban Mwinjaka
has commended the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) for development and
promotion of standardization and related
activities in the world with a view of
facilitating international exchange of goods and
services.
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9th
August 2010
TBS to host regional workshop
on conformity
assessment
The
International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) in collaboration with the Tanzania Bureau of
Standards (TBS) has organized a three days
regional workshop on conformity assessment.
The coordinator of the
workshop, Eng. Thomas Mnunguli says the workshop
will be held at the Royal Palm Moven Pick Hotel in
Dar es Salaam from 24 to 26 August 2010 and that
the resource persons will ..
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3rd
August 2010
TBS urges cooperation from
manufacturers,
businesses
MANUFACTURERS and business
owners have been urged to cooperate with the
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) officers when
visited for inspection and market surveillance.
TBS Director General, Mr.
Charles Ekelege made the remark during a ceremony
to present licences to the manufacturers whose
products have
been
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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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