GSA closes plastic factory and cable factory above poor standards

The Ghana Standardization Authority (GSA) has closed a local manufacturing plant for cables and electronics and a plastic production plant in Accra by urging manufacturers to comply with the regulations.

Borkams Industries Limited, manufacturer of electrical and electronic products, pipes, ceiling panels and profiles, owned by a Ghanaian based in Agbogba, who had registered with GSA as an importer, had discovered the manufacture of cable and LED bulbs without regulation.

The company was also closed for operation without certification and for not labeling its products with the required information such as product lot numbers, date of manufacture and expiry date, country of origin, name and address of the producer.

This came to light when GSA agents embarked on a market wave to clean up the Ghanaian market for substandard and substandard products, which caused serious damage to consumers.

The agents also closed the Ghana Ohuade Company Limited, a Chinese plastics manufacturing company located in Kwame Nkrumah Circle for operating without certification and selling products without mandatory labeling.

Mr. George Kojo Anti, Head of Business Development at GSA, who led the exercise team, said that the Authority wanted manufacturers to comply with the necessary regulations regarding their operations. .

He said as part of the enforcement mandates of the Authority; they regularly carried out random checks in factories and sales outlets, particularly in the places where the products were manufactured and sold.

He added that the GSA had only three local cable manufacturers, which did not include the cables from Borkams Industries Limited and that it was strange to have learned that the failed company was producing for the Ghanaian consumer.

Mr Anti said that the two companies had violated the law on standardization, the legislative instrument (LI1541) on the labeling requirements and the use of the certification mark for the Ghana.

He said that it was for the sake of the manufacturer and also for the protection of the consumer that the law required that certain key information be on the label of a product.

He urged consumers to look for GSA certification labels on products before using them as poly bags because they could be harmful both chemically and medically during their consumption.

-Citinewsroom