Ghana Standards Authority Archives

GSA Director General stresses need for standards in Gold Industry

Ghana News Agency - Mar 9, 2020 0

Professor Alex Dodoo, the Director General of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), has stressed the importance of standards in ensuring certification and securing the...

Director-General of GSA paid courtesy call on Western North Minister

Ghana News Agency - Mar 4, 2020 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), in its quest to increase its visibility across the country, has paid a courtesy call on the Western North...

Aflatoxin is a silent killer – GSA

Ghana News Agency - Mar 4, 2020 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) is rolling out a media sensitisation campaign on aflatoxin claiming it is becoming a silent killer that needs to...

Parliament backs GSA to be given autonomy

Ghana News Agency - Feb 6, 2020 0

Parliament has recommended to government to wean-off the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) off government subvention and “clothe” it with more legislative powers to...

GSA educates public on standard practices

Ghana News Agency - Feb 5, 2020 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), as part of efforts to protect public health and facilitate trade, has visited the Oti Region to educate the...

Ghana Standards Authority to establish offices in Oti Region

Ghana News Agency - Feb 5, 2020 0

The Director-General (DG) of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Professor Alex Dodoo, has paid a courtesy call on the Oti Regional Minister, Mr Kwesi...

GSA extends working hours to serve industry

Ghana News Agency - Jan 19, 2020 0

The Ghana Standards Authority will from January 20, extend its testing service hours in a bid to satisfy customer needs of quick turnaround times. Testing...

Ghana Standards Authority closes down manufacturing outlets

Ghana News Agency - Jan 18, 2020 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has closed down manufacturing outlets engaged in the production of households chemical products, including insects killers, at a residential...

GSA to provide inspection and testing for Liberia’s fishing sector

Ghana News Agency - Nov 26, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) is to provide third party certification inspection and testing for fish and fish products for Liberia as well as...

GSA presents building code to 29 Assemblies in Greater-Accra Region

Ghana News Agency - Nov 18, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has presented the Ghana Building Code to the 29 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in the Greater Accra Region...

Ghanaian Company gets Eco Mark Africa Certification

Ghana News Agency - Oct 28, 2019 0

Quarcoo Initiatives, a local agro company known in the market place as Quin Organics, has received the Eco Mark Africa standardisation certification,...

World Standards Day to be celebrated with spotlight on video technology

Ghana News Agency - Oct 10, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) will lead the country to join the rest of the world to celebrate the World Standards Day on Monday,...

Ghana Standards Authority sensitises farmers on Aflatoxin

Ghana News Agency - Sep 28, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has engaged over 100 farmers at Abesi in the Shai Osudoku District to educate them on the dangers associated...

GSA shuts down two factories whilst urging others to be compliant

Ghana News Agency - Jun 9, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has closed down a local cable and electronic manufacturing plant and a plastic production factory in Accra with a...

Deputy Director General ( Conformity Assessment)Mrs. Prudence Asmoah- Bonti presenting a citation to Mr Kumah

GSA Bids Farewell to Senior Official

News Ghana - Jun 8, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has held a ceremony to bid farewell to one of its illustrious staff, Mr. Mustapha Tawiah Kumah, who is...

Ghana Standards Authority Sensitises Vulcanisers on Tyre Pressure Gauges Verification

News Ghana - May 31, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has sensitised vulcanisers on verification and calibration of tyre pressure gauges, as part of its mandate to verify all...

Ghana Standards Authority Takes Part in Building Code Forum

Ghana News Agency - May 20, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) on Thursday participated in the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI’s) Construction Industry Development Forum to highlight the need for...

GSA begins compulsory certification of buildings and materials

Ghana News Agency - May 15, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has begun processes towards the enforcement of a mandatory scheme for the certification and conformity assessment of all precast...

GSA Designs Vehicle Standards and Certification System

Ghana News Agency - May 15, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has taken the lead role towards the establishment of a National Vehicle Homologation Programme for the Ghanaian automotive industry. It...

Ghana Standards Authority and Local Government Service Team Up

Ghana News Agency - May 15, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) and the Local Government Service (LGS) have agreed to partner to enforce standards as well as the newly-launched Ghana...

GSA Educates Farmers on The Effects of Aflatoxins

Ghana News Agency - Apr 15, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has sensitised farmers and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector in the Northern, North East and Savannah regi,ons on...

Stakeholders Asks GhBC to Streamline Infrastructural Development

Ghana News Agency - Apr 13, 2019 0

Some contractors and district assemblies in the Northern, North East and Savannah Regions have described the Ghana Building Code (GhBC) as an important document...

GSA submits to Upper West MMDAs Copies of Building Codes

Ghana News Agency - Apr 12, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has distributed copies of maiden Ghana Building Code to Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) in Upper West Region to...

GSA deepens campaign against contamination of grains in Ghana

Ghana News Agency - Apr 12, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has engaged smallholder farmers, downstream consumers and top value chain actors in the Upper West Region on ways of...

GSA Starts Handing District Assemblies Building Code

Ghana News Agency - Apr 11, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has kick-started distribution of the first comprehensive Ghana Building Code to metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) across the...

GSA and Stakeholders Meet on Precast Concrete Industry

Ghana News Agency - Mar 23, 2019 0

Ghana Standards Authority has held a stakeholder consultative meeting with captains in the building and construction industry as part of the Authority's strategy to...

GSA Project Team and Experts Brainstorm on Vehicle Certification programme

Ghana News Agency - Mar 15, 2019 0

A team of consultants from South Africa, on Monday, began a four-day meeting with members of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) Project Team for...

GSA and CID Shuts Down Illegal Gas Cylinder Plant

Ghana News Agency - Feb 23, 2019 0

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) in collaboration with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Police Service on Friday closed down a gas cylinder manufacturing...

Women Entrepreneurs Want Activities of Regulatory Authorities Updated

Ghana News Agency - Jan 20, 2019 1

Women entrepreneurs have appealed to the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), the Ghana Standards Authority and the Ghana International Promotion Centre to streamline their...

Two Grabbed For Drug Trafficking

Sammy Adjei - Aug 22, 2018 0

Two persons have been arrested by the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) for trafficking narcotics at the Aviance Cargo Village. The suspect, Albert Adoquaye Acquaye, who...

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