Dar es Salaam, Sept. 29 -- TANZANIA Bureau of Standards (TBS) has said it will lay more emphasis on public education to enhance consumer awareness on imported goods that they meet the required quality and health standards.

This was said by TBS senior inspector, Donald Manyama during their regular inspection of supermarkets in Dar es Salaam City.

He said there was a need for continued public education particularly to importers and distributers of imported goods, including cosmetics to identify substandard goods.

During inspection, TBS impounded expired cosmetics worth over 10m/- and others were not showing expiry dates. A total of 620 samples were impounded during the exercise.

"Some shops were found with products that had already expi...