The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) yesterday seized over 100 scales from vendors at city markets and the Meadowbank fishing wharf for infractions that included them being defective, unverified and unapproved.
Acting Director of the GNBS Evadnie Inniss told reporters yesterday that in collaboration with the Guyana Police Force her agency swooped down at the Bourda and Stabroek markets, also at the fishing wharf at Meadowbank where they seized the scales.
The seized instruments included 74 dial scales, 12 hanging scales, 24 spring balance scales, seven equal arm scales, 12 imperial scales and one measure.
The majority of the scales seized were
