The Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) has isolated over 70,000 metres rolls of failed electric cables worth K80, 500 and 632 dozens of black shoe polish valued at K34, 760 at Lusaka City Town centre.
ZABS Head of Marketing and Public Relations Hazel Zulu said the commodities were confiscated during the surveillance inspection aimed at establishing the number of failed brands that were being sold in the area.
“The non -complaint cables are going by the brand names such as Power Trust, Flexible Wires, Zaks Cable and Emkay Cables,” she said at a press briefing in Lusaka today.
Ms. Zulu has since advised all individuals and firms dealing in such products to stop the trade because they were non-compliant and were a violation of the standards act chapter 416 of the laws of Zambia.
She said the affected cables will be burnt at a cost to be borne by the responsible traders.
Ms. Zulu stated that the black shoe polish in 40mls round tins purporting to be the brand name Kiwi and bearing the same batch number 171404 was intercepted and withdrawn from the market.
She said the counterfeit polish was smuggled into the country by cross border traders who managed to invade ZABS inspectors at the Nakonde border.
Ms. Zulu has further urged individuals and firms dealing in imported products that fall under compulsory standards to subject their goods and merchandise to ZABS and laboratory inspection.
She said the affected traders will be penalised for failure to comply with the standards act.
fake products plus fake food on top of that fake gospel the world is headed for doom.
ZABS is the worst quality/standards control body i have ever come across. people import GMAs when they have offices at every entry point, and all other stuff but they are ndwiiiiiii
If the penalty for non-compliance is harsh, quality will improve. Even China will stop damping stuff in Zambia.