DAR ES SALAAM: THE Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) has urged stakeholders from various economic sectors, as well as the general public, to actively participate in the development of national standards by submitting their views throughout the entire process.
The move aims to ensure public safety and safeguard national interests as a whole.
The call was made today, December 16, 2025, in Dar es Salaam by a TBS Standards Officer, Filbeta Majidanga, while speaking to media outlets.
She emphasized that stakeholder participation is crucial to ensuring that the standards being developed reflect real stakeholder needs, are easy to implement, and meet market requirements at both national and international levels.
She explained that Tanzanian citizens and stakeholders can take part in the process through various means, including submitting requests for the development of standards for products that currently lack them, providing comments on standards at different stages of development, and proposing improvements or reviews of standards that have already been established.
According to Ms Majidanga, all comments will be collected through the official TBS website, the institution’s social media platforms, as well as by visiting TBS offices in person.
Meanwhile, the Librarian of the Tanzania Bureau of Standards Library, Clavery Chausi, invited stakeholders and manufacturers of various products from within and outside the country to visit the TBS library to access available standards.
He noted that this would enable them to understand the required standards for their products, enhance competitiveness in both domestic and international markets, and produce goods that meet the required quality.
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Chausi also said that researchers and scholars are welcome to use the library services to access information and reference materials that will support their research activities and higher learning, particularly in areas related to quality and standards.
Additionally, TBS Senior Quality Control Officer, Engineer Steven Minja, called on institutions and the general public to utilize the international systems certification services offered by the bureau, noting that TBS has sufficient experience and expertise in providing such services.
Minja said the bureau has already certified many public and private institutions, which have benefited through improved efficiency, expanded customer reach, international recognition, strengthened production and service delivery systems, easier compliance with legal and contractual requirements, reduced production costs, and assurance of quality products and services for customers.