The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) recently said that its Product Compliance Department seized and destroyed 11,660 pieces of substandard electrical fittings and equipment including wires, cables, lamp holders, circuit breakers, extension cords, power outlets, receptacles, knife switches and plugs.
The items were seized, the GNBS said, from importers and dealers during surveillance activities conducted in May and June in Regions Two, Three, Four, Five and Nine.
GNBS said the seized items failed to meet key labelling requirements of the relevant National Standards and other non-conformances included the lack of certification marks, country of origin and manufacturers’ name, while some of the items were incorrectly labelled, and others were without any label.