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Standards Organisation of Nigeria grants Cognito Instant Micronutrient Powder certification

Apr 5, 2022Apr 5, 2022

NIGERIA – The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has granted the Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) certification to Cognito Instant Micronutrient Powder (Cognito MNP) produced by Micronutrient Laboratories Limited (MLL). According to SON, the certificate gives the company the approval to produce micronutrient powder for use by Nigerians. MANCAP was created by SON in 2006 to ensure that all locally…

NAFDAC commits to intensify surveillance of water processing factories

Apr 5, 2022Apr 5, 2022

NIGERIA – The National Agency For Food And Drugs Administration Control (NAFDAC) has committed to intensify surveillance of production processes in different factories, as part of measures to enhance safety compliance in the production of table water in Bayelsa State. The state Director of NAFDAC, Mr. Ihekire Chucks, who announced this during the agency’s inspection tour of some table water…

GFSI 2022 Conference tackles opportunities to ensure safe sustainable food

Apr 4, 2022Apr 4, 2022

SPAIN – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), a global food safety standards overseer, has during its annual conference addressed opportunities to combat issues such as climate change, food waste and plastic pollution while maintaining or enhancing safety and quality. The three days conference on the theme of Delivering Impact for Safe Sustainable Food was the first in-person GFSI Conference…

Brakebush Brothers’ microbiology food testing laboratory attains ISO 17025:2017 accreditation

Mar 31, 2022Mar 31, 2022

U.S – Brakebush Brothers, a provider of “further processed chicken” has announced its microbiology food testing laboratory has attained ISO 17025:2017 accreditation in conjunction with American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). ISO/IEC 17025 is developed and published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and is the highest globally recognized quality standard in the world for calibration and testing laboratories.…

Uganda launches standards to facilitate safety, commercialization of edible insects

Mar 30, 2022Mar 30, 2022

UGANDA – The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) in partnership with Makerere University School of Food Technology, Nutrition and Bio-Systems Engineering (Food Science) alongside International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), have launched standards to govern the budding edible insects industry. The Edible Insects Standard, US 2146:2020 Edible Insects–Specification is aimed to ensure the edible insects which are…

Standards Organisation of Nigeria sensitizes rice millers on third-party milling requirements

Mar 30, 2022Mar 30, 2022

NIGERIA – The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has sensitized hundreds of rice millers in Kano on its requirement for third-party milling as part of its mission to improve lives through standardization and quality assurance. Speaking at a one-day sensitization workshop, the Director General of the organisation, Farouk A. Salim, said the workshop was in line with the organization’s policy…

Rwanda, DR Congo bank on standardization agreement to eliminate non-tariff barriers

Mar 30, 2022Mar 30, 2022

RWANDA/CONGO – Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) are banking on their standardization and conformity assessment agreement to eliminate non-tariff barriers and increase trade. Officials from Rwanda Standard Board (RSB) and DR Congo’s L’office Congolais de Contrôle (OCC) met in Kigali to review the progress on the implementation and discuss ways to further facilitate trade in both…

UNBS urges Kombucha manufacturers to adhere to set standards

Mar 29, 2022Mar 29, 2022

UGANDA – The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has urged all Kombucha manufacturers to diligently adhere to the recently issued standards for the manufacture, handling and trade of Kombucha. During a meeting with the manufacturers under the Uganda Kombucha Manufacturers (KOMAU), the UNBS Deputy Executive Director Patricia Bageine Ejalu cautioned the over 90 manufacturers against failure to control their…

Ghana Standards Authority engages trainees to ensure goods meet acceptable standards

Mar 29, 2022Mar 29, 2022

GHANA – The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has engaged the services of 200 trainees of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) to help ensure that imported goods and those manufactured in the country meet acceptable standards. NABCO is a Ghanaian initiative to provide jobs to unemployed post-secondary school graduates. The trainees known as the Trading Standards Officers (TSOs), have been drafted…

Ghana Atomic Energy Commission advises manufacturers to carry out radiology tests on water

Mar 29, 2022Mar 29, 2022

GHANA – The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), the state organization in Ghana involved with surveillance of the use of nuclear energy, has urged owners of boreholes and producers of sachet and bottled water to test for radiological water quality. The Commission said this would ensure the safety of drinking water, thereby preventing the long-term incidence of cancers in people…

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