Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) on Friday suspended operations of Superior Halaal Meats Butchery, Superior Food Market – Catering Services, and Superior Food Market Bakery (Bread and Bans). Superior halaal butchers is situated at the North Gate Arcade along the Masauko Chipembere Highway in Blantyre. MBS says the three sections of the food market have […]
The Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) has asked consumers to be on guard to avoid buying uncertified products on the country’s products, saying it is an indication that they are substandard. The call comes amid concerns that some products beat boarder checks, sneak into the country and sell on the markets without the bureau’s consent. […]
Brewers of Malawi’s popular opaque beer, Chibuku Products Limited (CPL), has been suspended from production and distribution of Chibuku Shake-Shake beer for non compliance with hygienie standards, according to Malawi Bureau of Standards. The bureau on Tuesday sealed Chibuku’s Lilongwe plant and will only be opened until the hygienie concerns are addressed MBS director general Davlin […]
Malawi’s economy is expected to embark on a more robust transformation following the completion of a multibillion Standardized Quality Assurance and Meteorology (SQAM) laboratory which is expected to be ready in two years time from now. The vice president Dr Saulosi Chilima on Monday referred to the project as a milestone in the economic transformation […]
The Malawi’s food processing industry has been urged to comply with international standards to enhance the safety of consumers and the acceptability of their products at the international market. Food safety specialists from Michigan State University in the USA, DeepaThiagarajan and Leslie Bourquin made the call at Sunbird Lilongwe Hotel during a three-day training for […]
The Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) Chief Executive Officer Davlin Chokazinga has issued a stern warning to people who are involved in smuggling and selling of unrefined and uncertified cooking oil in local markets across the country. On Wednesday and Thursday last week, MBS confiscated many litres of unrefined and uncertified cooking oil from traders […]
Following the recent ban on liquor sachets by government, the Malawi Bureau of Standards (MSB) has said it will now work will all law enforcing agencies to ensure that liquor sachets are history in the country. MSB Director General Davlin Chokazinga said his organization is expecting total compliance by liquor manufacturers as a sign that […]
Chinese national Chain Weging, 41, has been arrested in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe for counterfeiting wool products from Sakiza Spinning Limited who are licensed by Malawi Bureau of Standards to produce and market Mwana Cryl and Robin wools in Malawi. Lilongwe Police Public Relations Officer, Kingsley Dandaula confirmed that Weging who is currently on bail […]
The Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) has reiterated its commitment to continue flushing out uncertified weighing scales in an inspection exercise currently underway in all trading centres across the country. MBS director general, Davlin Chokazinga told the Malawi News Agency (Mana) in an interview that the exercise would run till August this year. “This inspection […]
The Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) has challenged consumers in the country to refrain from buying expired goods even if they are sold at reduced prices as doing so defeats the whole purpose of standardization. MBS Board Chairperson Mussa Chiwaula said stopping from buying such products is one of the practical ways of sending the […]
Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) jointly with other stakeholders, is set to conduct an extensive research on the local discovery of a herbal medicine, GARANI MW1, which is believed to be a cure for the deadly HIV and Aids pandemic. MBS analysed the medicine and the results revealed some compounds that have effects on the […]