Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)

Entrepreneurs have been advised to take advantage of the government's programme to promote small and medium industries to come out in large numbers and acquire the quality log which is being offered by the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) free of charge.
Francis Moshy, TBS quality control officer in the eastern zone made the call over the weekend in Dar es Salaam when speaking at the just-ended first exhibition organized by Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA).
Moshy said: “Acquiring the quality standard mark will enable them to increase the quality of their products, find reliable markets in the country and abroad and produce products that have the ability to compete in the market of Tanzania, East Africa and the world at large.”
He said that TBS as major stakeholders who collaborate with BRELA to provide their services especially to entrepreneurs, have participated in the exhibition to explain the services they provide.
“We’re responsible for registering and ensuring that all products produced in the country and those that come from abroad meet all quality criteria,” he added.
Moshi stated that TBS in collaboration with Small Industries Development Organization (SIDO) have started a program to ensure entrepreneurs produce products that are of quality and can compete in the market.
For that reason, Moshy said they have a big responsibility to ensure that all products produced by entrepreneurs also meet the quality, noting: “We want those products to be able to be used in this country and even abroad because those products will have quality.”
“It’s a must any entrepreneur who produces products should get the TBS quality logo.”
According to, he must first go through SIDO and be given various trainings related to the products he produces, where SIDO will inspect his production areas, educate him on the best way to produce his products, and then he will be written a letter of identification to TBS.
"Once TBS receives the entrepreneur's letter, we will provide him with the service and quality logo of TBS for free. He will stay with it for three years without paying any cost and from the fourth year, as it will be seen, he will start paying 25 percent of the fee that he was required to pay," he said and added;
"This service helps all entrepreneurs to ensure that their products meet quality standards and are registered."
One of the entrepreneurs at the exhibition, Werema Julius said he came to the TBS booth to find out how his food business can be verified to enable his customers to get the best and trusted by the government.
He said TBS officials have instructed him how to do it, so he thanked the management of the organization and BRELA, which are the organizers of the exhibition.