En-1589286206-Announcer JAN – JUNE 2019.Pdf
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
VOL.XLVI JAN – JUNE 2019 NO.1 ISSN 0856-0374 5 6 7 inside stories Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania Hon Majaliwa K Majaliwa (right) listens to the Head of Electrical Engineering Laboratory Mr Anectus Ndunguru during his visit to the Bureau’s headquaters at Ubungo Dar es Salaam CONTENTS EDITORIAL 4 Torch passed to TBS to lead industrialisation NEWS IN BRIEF 5 PM commends TBS for efforts in curbing substan- dard products VISION A model of excellence in standardization and quality assurance services 6 TBS conducts crackdown on secondhand clothes in by 2025. Arusha, Kilimanjaro 7 “We will continue to be good ambassadors of standards” 8 Over 20,000 people reached by the Bureau To promote standardization and quality assurance in industry and commerce 8 TBS urged to strengthen fight against substandard MISSION through standards development, quality assurance, metrology and testing services for sustainable socio-economic development. products 9 Produce products that conform to standards – Karume 9 Manufacturers urged to adhere to standards re- Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) endeavours, as mandated, to quirements QUALITY deliver quality products that include standards and quality assurance 10 TBS destroys corrugated iron sheets worth POLICY services by meeting and even exceeding customers’ requirements so as 700 m/- EDITORIAL BOARD to retain their loyalty. TBS provides resources and continually improves Mr. Jabir S. Abdi - Chairperson her processes to ensure that employees are capable of consistently ACTIVITIES REPORT Ms. Roida Andusamile - Secretary producing quality products at the right time. 11 Finalized Standards 3 Mr. Mwesiga Mulinda - Member Ms Angela Ndanshau - Member STAFF MATTERS 27 Training Mr. Hamisi Sudi - Member CORE VALUES 28 Newly recruited staff Mr. Joseph James - Member 28 Retirement Mr. Alpha Nuhu - Member i. Customer focus ISO NEWS CO-OPTED MEMBERS We deliver services to meet consumers’ expectations. 29 Series of international standards Ms. Gradness Kaseka 29 So much more than a toilet: iso standards help Mr. David Mtei ii. Quality culture transform lives on world toilet day Ms. Neema Mtemvu We employ the best available practices and professional values in performing our duties. 30 List of licences extended 30 Batch certificates issued iii. Transparency Tanzania Bureau of Standards We exercise openness, impartiality, accurately and promptly share information with all CERTIFICATION DATA Ubungo Area, Junction Morogoro/Sam stakeholders. 31 Tested product certificates Nujoma Roads 35 Sample tested and calibrations made P O Box 9524, Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA iv. Integrity Telephone +255 22 245 0298 +255 22 245 0206, +255 22 245 0949 We constantly demonstrate impartiality, fairness and honesty while upholding the highest FEATURE ARTICLES ethical standards. Telefax: +255 22 245 0959 36 THE ROLE OF MICROORGANISMS IN FOOD INDUSTRY Email: [email protected] 36 Supporting SMEs meeting the standard for trade v. Team work 41 Tanzania; The prospective industrialized country We work together through concerted efforts to achieve our corporate goals. EDITORIAL NEWS IN BRIEF PM commends TBS for efforts in curbing substandard products By Neema Mtemvu Torch passed to TBS to lead The Prime Minister, Hon. Majaliwa Kassim Majaliwa, has commended industrialisation Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) for its efforts in curbing substandard products in the country. he Tanzania Bureau of commodity exports in favour of competitive business environment development strategies, as well as carefully tailored Hon. Majaliwa issued the Standards (TBS) has so trade, investment, and domestic through development of industrial measures to attract foreign direct investment, must be commendation recently, during far taken necessary steps consumption. clusters formation, institutional introduced. his familiarization tour at the TBS headquarters in Dar es to prepare the country’s support and concentrated President John Magufuli has laid Certainly, to develop such strategies and participate Salaam. economyT and society for the Fourth infrastructure development and strong emphasis on the revival effectively in industrial value chains, Tanzanians need “I am really impressed by your work performance and the Industrial Revolution by focusing on the promotion of internationally and strengthening of the industrial knowledge. Investment in education and skills training, an modern tools installed in the laboratories. I want you to three key areas: education, business competitive industries to make the sector to enable it generate mass activity currently done by TBS, is imperative to facilitate extend your services to regions and districts where the environment, and connectivity. sector the real engine of economic employment, produce domestic successful and lasting industrialization. majority people live,” he said. growth. For its watchdog role as the regulator consumption goods for the growing By understanding and drawing on proven innovations The Premier added, however, that more efforts were of standards as well as its discernible population as well as producing As Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa from around the world, Tanzania could leapfrog more needed, especially to extend the scope of the service to work to nurture the culture of quality goods for export. said early this year during his tour of developed countries technologically, building the the regions and districts where the majority of the people assurance among the populace, TBS Historically, industrialisation has TBS premises, the government has capacity to produce more sophisticated, higher-value lives. has played a critical role in public been the most effective driver of already made critical decisions to goods. During his visit, Hon Majaliwa also visited the TBS Test education to ensure that people prepare the country’s economy for structural poverty reduction, owing Knowledge of other countries’ experiences will also House where he applauded workers for their efforts and understand quality as an important what lies ahead -- and is supporting to its capacity to expand employment help the country to avoid the pitfalls of unbridled diligence in ensuring that all products are accurately element in doing business both in TBS with concrete action to address opportunities, boost productivity, industrialization– particularly environmental damage. tested. He also he reminded workers to adhere to the 4 the local, regional and international outstanding challenges, including 5 and increase wages. With guidance from TBS, the government ensures that principles of professionalism by ensuring timely delivery markets. rising demand for a wide range of The good news is that the its industrial-development strategy includes effective of services to win public confidence and to facilitate trade. specialized knowledge professionals In an era dominated by innovation government is working to environmental safeguards. He urged the national standards watchdog to provide with cutting-edge technologies and an urgent need to improve information and education to the general public on build an industrial sector that is Indeed, Tanzania is well placed to industrialise. Beyond disrupting entire economic connectivity, especially in remote various activities it performs through the use of media so diversified, globally competitive, its massive natural-resource endowments, the country sectors at a breathtaking rate, the rural areas where the majority people that the public can be aware of its activities. environmentally sustainable, and has a favourable demographic profile: its rapidly growing scope of technological advances live. The Prime Minister, who had also visited the Tanzania capable of improving people’s living population means that it will soon have the world’s largest will transform how we produce, With government support, TBS gives Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA), directed five Ministers standards significantly. workforce and high urbanisation rates. distribute, and consume. And this citizens and business people the namely Minister for Industry and Trade, Hon. Joseph TBS, as a standards regulator which However, as economists warn, industrialization is never role of transforming how we produce, tools they need to take advantage Kakunda, Minister for Health, Community Development, has won accolades both regionally automatic. Government must step up to address market distribute and consume rests on the of the opportunities that the Fourth Gender, Elderly and Children, Hon. Ummy Mwalimu, and internationally for its superb failures, while planning, implementing, and enforcing performance of TBS. Industrial Revolution creates, and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Investment, performance since its inception in industrial policies that address the shortcomings of Tanzania is a nation of high ensure that future generations, too, Hon. Angela Kairuki, Minister for Livestock and Fisheries the late 1970s, has been working previous ineffective versions. can reach their full potential in a Hon. Luhaga Mpina and Minister for Agriculture, Hon. potential in attracting investments to ensure that current and future rapidly changing world. Already, the process of industrialisation is underway in Japhet Hasunga, to meet and review the laws governing in industrial development because generations gain the skills they the country and with commitment and support from regulatory institutions particularly on areas of conflicts of its economic and commercial will need to thrive in an evolving The country’s economy