Speaking during an event to grant
licences to 55 operators over the weekend, TBS Director General, Mr
Joseph Masikitiko said the containers were seized in January at the
Holili border and Dar es Salaam Port during the special drive to ensure
that consumers get quality products.
“Five containers were at the Holili border and 25 at the Dar es Salaam port.
The business operators intended to evade
tax. They claimed the containers held crude oil but when the samples
were tested by TBS it was determined that they held refined cooking
oil,” he said.
He added that the matter was taken up to
TRA who summoned them with the needed amount of revenue they were
supposed to pay. In January as well, he said, TBS sent back to the
original country a consignment of lubricants which were imported but
proved to be substandard.
He said the bureau is well prepared to deal with manufacturers of products which need to be tested.
It is also keen to withdraw from the
market counterfeit and substandard goods. “We have a challenge. The
market is flooded by products which by law have to be tested before
being sold but the manufactures have not came for quality assurance thus
creating unfair competition.
“They sell them at a cheap price” he
said. During the occasion, TBS granted Standard mark licences to 48
manufacturers, four licence extensions and three tested product
certificates.
He urged them to make sure that they use
the licences to strive for quality so that they support the bureau in
its efforts to combat substandard goods in the local markets.
Mr Masikitiko promised to open more
offices upcountry to make it easy for the manufacturers to get their
samples for testing in the zonal offices.
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