GNBS seizes over 22,000 packets of substandard cigarettes, electrical items

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has seized and destroyed more than 22,000 non-compliant products, including over 12,000 packets of cigarettes and 10,366 pieces of electrical fittings and equipment, during surveillance activities across Regions Three, Four and Six.

The seizures were made by the GNBS Product Compliance Department as part of efforts to ensure that products sold, manufactured, imported and distributed in Guyana meet compulsory national standards for quality, safety and labelling.

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The agency, which operates under the Standards Act of 1984, is mandated to seize and destroy substandard products that are unsafe, defective or improperly labelled. Among the products monitored are cigarettes and electrical fittings and equipment, which are inspected at ports of entry and sales outlets across the country.