-over 160 seized so far
As part of its mandate to ensure that measuring instruments used in retail trade were verified, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) announced in a release yesterday that inspectors from its Legal Metrology Department, are currently conducting surveillance exercises at shops and markets countrywide.
These exercises have so far resulted in the seizure and removal of over 160 unapproved and unverified instruments, the majority of which were the blue domestic dial scales, it added.
According to the GNBS, impromptu surveillance visits which commenced in May, were conducted by inspectors to markets in the city and its environs, including those at Stabroek, Bourda, Kitty, Ruimveldt, Plaisance, and Mon Repos. Meanwhile, visits to markets and shops in the other regions began in April immediately after the verification (stamping) period. To date, a total of 405 shops and 1230 stalls have been visited countrywide.