Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)

Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) has called upon manufacturers and dealers in motor vehicles cabin air filters ensure they meet the required standards to protect damages of vehicle engines.

This was unveiled in Dar es Salaam yesterday at an event where TBS signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology to test motor vehicle filters.

“TBS has been prompted to sign MoU after learning that Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology has laboratories that can test quality of car filters,” said Eng Arnold Mato, a representative from TBS.

He said TBS has an obligation to oversee that local made and imported motor vehicle filters meet the required standards to make sure that motor vehicle engines remain safe.

Equally, he said motorists have been reminded on the need to ensure that air filters fixed in their vehicles meet the TBS standards for the safety of the engines and also supporting efforts to remove low quality car parts from the market.

According to him, the required standards are TZS 3208:2021 Motor Vehicle Cabin Air Filters and TZS1959:2019-Motor Vehicle Air Filter for Internal Combustion Engine.

He said vehicle air filters can be used for a long time and thus it is important that motorists buy and fix only those which have met the TBS standards.

He said TBS has an obligation to provide education to Tanzanians understand that motor vehicle air filters are used for a long time and thus should have of high quality.

He said when the motor vehicle air filter is of low quality can decrease the amount of air supplied to the engine and increase unburned fuel that turns into soot residue.

The TBS Legal Officer Lucy Mallya said TBS has an obligation to make sure local made and imported goods meet the required standards.

She said Standards Act Cap 130, section 20 (6) prohibit anybody to sell, distribute, make or process any product against the required standards.