QUALITY INSPECTION AND TESTING

Kenya has started local product standards inspection for all imported cargo. More

A notice on strengthening inspection and testing capacity in support of the natural resources business sector was recently issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the State Administration for Market Regulation. The notice recommends that enterprises upgrade their ability to inspect and test natural resources and strengthen their work around qualifications recognition and proficiency testing. More

Under guidelines recently issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation, greater efforts will be made to enforce and supervise certification of Beidou Navigation Satellite System (Beidou) products. Uniform catalogues, rules and labels will be introduced for Beidou products. More

The General Administration of Customs announced that random inspections will be carried out on some import and export commodities that are not subject to statutory inspection after 12 August. Import commodities subject to random inspections include dishwashers and air purifiers, while export commodities affected include festival light strings and children’s bikes. More