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TBS intensifies war against toxic products

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TANZANIA Bureau of Standards (TBS) has seized a consignment of expired food and toxic cosmetics products following a special inspection conducted in various parts of the Lake Zone.

TBS Inspection Officer Mr Arnold Kubingwa in the Lake Zone said here that the move aims at removing all expired and toxic cosmetics from the market.

“TBS urges traders to ensure that all imported goods meet the country’s quality standards to protect the health of the consumers and domestic industries,” he said.

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He said TBS will continue to provide education to the public on how to identify goods that have been banned from being traded in the local markets as well as cultivate culture of checking expiry dates before buying them.

He insisted that business people are obliged to observe laws and regulations in the preservation of goods before being entered to the markets, preservation in the warehouses as well as destruction of expiry goods.

He said when business people fail to observe the laws and regulations, TBS will immediately take stern measures against culprits including penalties and incurring huge losses.

On his part, the TBS Lake Zone Quality Assurance Officer, Elikaneny Minja said expiry food products with toxic ingredients are harmful to the health of the people causing diseases like skin cancer.

“We continue providing education to the community on how to identify goods with toxic ingredients that have been banned from the local market,” he said adding that TBS will continue to collaborate with health and trade officers at the councils level to inspect and remove harmful products from the market.

Mwanza residents, Happyness Enock and Amos Makinga hailed TBS for waging war against toxic and harmful products form the market.