Tag: Ghana Standards Authority
-
Implement law to get food products fortified – AGI to government
Vice President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Humphrey Ayim Darke says government should come up with a law that will compel food processing and beverage companies to fortify their produce. According to him, such a move is necessary to improve upon the quality of local products and also be more competitive in the…
-
Bear cost of standardization of local goods – GSA to government
Director General of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Professor Alex Dodoo has called on government to bear the full cost of facilitating the improvement in the standard of goods produced by Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. According to him, MSMEs will gain little or nothing from the African Continental Free Trade…
-
Local manufacturers urged to pay attention to product labelling
Local manufacturers have been advised to pay attention to their labelling before submitting products for certification. According to regulatory agencies, improper labelling affects the registration and certification process compelling such agencies to deny manufacturers product certification. At an SME training workshop in Tamale, manufacturers at the Food and Drugs Authority noted that most Small and…
-
Freight forwarders elated as GSA halts increased port charges
The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders has welcomed a decision by the Ghana Standards Authority to halt the increment of fees and charges at the various ports. In December 2020, the Standards Authority announced that the charge of clearing goods at the ports will increase by 20% beginning January 2021. This formed part of the…
-
SMEs urged to use appropriate channels to acquire certification of products
The Ghana Standards Authority has urged Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMEs) to seek early expert advice from the authority and register products in line with the laws of the country. This follows a Citi Business News report that, a lot of small medium enterprises and start-ups do not obtain certification from the Ghana Standards…
-
COCOBOD to secure electronic weighing scales to stop LBCs from cheating farmers
The Ghana COCOBOD says it is importing electronic weighing scales for Cocoa License Buying companies to prevent the tampering of machines by Licensed Buying Companies to cheat cocoa farmers. The decision was arrived at after COCOBOD in collaboration with the Ghana Standards Authority followed up on a Joy News report on how some Licensed Buying…
-
COVID-19: GSA partners FDA to ensure production of standardized PPE locally
The Ghana Standards Authority, GSA, says it is collaborating with the Food and Drugs Authority, FDA, to ensure that all Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) being produced on a large scale locally meets the set standards for use. Some local companies have started producing about 3.6 million masks as government steps us efforts to encourage their…
-
GSA certifies ‘solar Wash’ device in record time to allow commercial production
The Ghana Standards Authority, GSA, has certified an innovation by a 32-year old Ghanaian, Richard Kwarteng, known as ‘Solar Wash’, which facilitates the washing of hands as one of the precautionary measures against the coronavirus. The certification, which took a record time of four days instead of the usual twenty-one working days, allows the commercialization…
-
Petroleum Commission urged to engage GSA to standardize oil measurement
Parliament has urged the Petroleum Commission to work with the Ghana Standards Authority, (GSA), to check the measurement of Ghana’s oil meant for export. This follows concerns raised by some civil Society Organizations about the metering system used by multinational companies producing oil in Ghana. After debating the issue on the floor of Parliament, Executive…
-
Implementation of AfCFTA must not compromise standards – GSA
The Ghana Standards Authority, GSA, says it will ensure that goods imported into the country meet the required standards when the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) kicks off in July this year. The Agreement is aimed at improving intra- African trade to among other things, create a single market, deepen the economic integration of…