Standards watchdog suspends pre-shipment inspection scheme

The decision by government to shelve plans to contract private firms to carry-out pre-shipment inspection for goods destined to Rwanda has raised concern from the business community, especially importers. The exercise was previously being conducted by Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS) a Switzerland-based firm under the Imports Products Conformity Assessment to Standards (IPCA) scheme from mid-2014 till the exercise was suspended late last year. SGS was contracted to carry out the inspections worldwide by RSB about three years ago.
Some of the fake goods impounded by Police in a recent operation. / File.
Some of the fake goods impounded by Police in a recent operation. / File.
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