Wednesday, GEORGETOWN, Guyana– The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) said it had seized large quantities of non-complying products and unapproved dial scales from retail trade during April and May.
“Impromptu surveillance visits to several retailers in the Port Mourant Corentyne Berbice area resulted in the seizure of more than 107 cartons of cigarettes that do not meet the National Standard …and the Tobacco Control Regulation of 2018,” the GNBS said in a statement.
It said inspectors from the Product Compliance and Legal Metrology Departments conducted the surveillance exercises confiscating several brands of cigarettes, which were not labeled in English. At the same time, other packages did not include a pictorial warning as specified by the Tobacco Control Regulation.
The GNBS said more than 150 unapproved Blue Dial scales were seized during weights and measures surveillance visits to just over 1,000 shops, markets, and other retail outlets on the East Bank and East Coast of Demerara.
“Inspectors continued to encounter the widespread use of the Blue Dial scales despite numerous warnings by the GNBS to vendors and shopkeepers to desist from using the domestic scales in commercial trade,” the release said.
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