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4th
April 2008
East African Cooperation Minister
commends TBS
The Minister for East African
Cooperation, Hon. Dr. Deodorus Kamala
(MP) has commended the Tanzania Bureau
of Standards (TBS) for its efforts in
promoting standardization and quality
awareness; and protecting the country
from sub-standard products.
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The Minister for
East African Cooperation, Hon. Dr. Deodorus
Kamala (second right) follows as Head of
Textiles and Leather Laboratory Mr. Chapman Maro
briefs him on condom testing, when he paid a
familiarization visit to TBS on Thursday, March
27, 2008. Looking on (right) is TBS Director Mr.
Charles Ekelege. |
Dr.
Kamala gave the commendation on
Thursday, March 27, 2008 during his
familiarization visit at the TBS
headquarters in Dar es Salaam.
He
said in this age of globalization
whereby the world is likened to a
village, a national standards body has a
central role in ensuring that local
products get access to international
markets, while also ensuring that
imported products abide by quality and
safety specifications.
“The government recognizes the
significant role of TBS in facilitating
trade and will always extend its support
to the Bureau to ensure that it
effectively implements its statutory
functions,” said Dr. Kamala.
He commended TBS for harmonizing
standards with other East African
countries namely Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda
and Burundi and urged for increased
efforts in standards harmonization to
avoid creating non-tariff barriers to
trade among East African countries.
He said the objective of the East
African Community Standardization,
Quality Assurance, Metrology and Testing
(SQMT) Act 2006, among others, is to
harmonize national and East African
Standards with international standards
to reduce costs, enhance compliance and
develop trade opportunities.
Earlier in his introductory remarks in
which he gave an overview of TBS
functions; TBS Director Mr. Charles
Ekelege said the Bureau has already
harmonized 800 Tanzania Standards to
East African Standards.
“Standards harmonization serves in
ensuring that standards don’t become
technical barriers to trade,” said Mr.
Ekelege adding that the main purpose of
standards is to facilitate trade.
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