GNBS warns businesses against using name to promote goods

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) on Sunday said as the Christmas season approaches, importers are stocking up but in doing so, it has warned businesses to refrain from using its name to advertise their goods.
The Bureau released listing tips for this season, and also indicated that importers must desist from using the name of the GNBS in any advertisement or promotional material in relation to the sale of any product and to ensure that all products imported were in metric (SI) units.
On the other hand, the GNBS said it was important for businesses to ensure that they acquired products meeting the requirements of the relevant Guyana Standards.
On this note, the body reminded that it monitored Christmas trees and decorative lighting, domestic electrical/electronic appliances, weighing and measuring devices, textiles, garments, footwear, safety helmets, safety matches, new and used tyres, gas stoves, cigarettes, PVC pipes, furniture, and cellular phones.
The agency urged businesses to register with the GNBS for the current year by completing and submitting to the Bureau the prescribed application form along with a copy of the business registration form and registration fee.
In addition, businesses were encouraged to acquire the relevant National Standards from the GNBS for products imported, in order to ensure the importation of standard-compliant goods.
More importantly, the Bureau said samples of new products must be submitted to the GNBS for approval, prior to importation to avoid rejection.
The Bureau also requested of businesses, “To ensure that products imported are for the purpose intended and are safe for use. Importers should purchase from sources that issue warranties which could be easily passed on to consumers and ensure that any brochure, instruction manual, leaflet, etc, which are associated with products, are in English Language and accompany the product at the time of sale”.
“Ensure, where necessary, that imported products bear a national or international certification mark from a Regulatory Body in the country of origin, or a certificate of quality compliance should be submitted to the GNBS to verify the quality of the product imported. Compliance certificates should be obtained from an independent certification body, a national standards body or the relevant regulatory body,” the GNBS added.