MBS urges businesses to get certified

The Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) has urged businesses to certify their products if they are to benefit from local and international markets.

MBS board member Anthony Lwanda said this in Lilongwe on Friday during a presentation  of certificates to businesses that passed the standards certification.

He said: “It is very important for the local private sector to work hand in hand with MBS in strengthening standardisation and quality assurance initiatives in Malawi.”

MBS director of metrology services Thom Malunje said they are working hard to help small and medium enterprises with certification information and offering subsidised standards training for businesses and registered associations.

He urged businesses to continue improving their standards as the certificates are renewed every two years and “could be withdrawn anytime you prove that you can no longer comply with standards”.

Salima-based Safari Beach Lodge manager Richard Malumba said being certified by the MBS gives customers confidence to do business with the lodge.

It is expected that at the end of this year’s first certification awards, MBS will have issued 346 certificates out of which 174 will be new certificates and 172 renewed certificates.