Standards bureau seizes over 300 scales in crackdown on unapproved devices

By Stabroek News On In Guyana News |
Dozens of kitchen scales waiting to be destroyed yesterday at the Guyana National Bureau of Standards building at the Sophia Exhibition Complex.
Dozens of kitchen scales waiting to be destroyed yesterday at the Guyana National Bureau of Standards building at the Sophia Exhibition Complex.

Since starting a surveillance and inspection campaign in April, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has seized 380 measuring devices and plans to start enforcing penalties on persons caught using unapproved and unverified apparatus.

Speaking to the media yesterday at a press conference, Chief Inspector of the GNBS Shailendra Rai explained that even though the bureau launched its annual campaign in April, over the weekend, during inspections at the Stabroek and Bourda markets, they were able to seize over 100 items including scales, masses and rulers.