Tag: Ghana Standards Authority
Ghana standards Authority extends education on aflatoxin to market women
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has extended its aflatoxin campaign to sensitise food sellers and consumers in major markets on the harmful impact of...
Ghana Adopts Food Safety Policy
Many food environments worldwide have transformed in the past few decades. Consumers are often in a dilemma on what they should eat, how, and...
Ward-off unauthorised invasion of filling stations – AOMC
The Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMC) on Sunday called on the security agencies to ward-off unauthorized intruders of the Oil Marketing Companies (OMC)...
Ghana Standards Authority hails MiDA for US$1.5 million Test Laboratory
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has hailed the Millennium Development Authority’s effort to equip it with a modern testing laboratory to be able to...
Ghana Standards Authority certifies locally-made sanitizing tunnel
The Ghana Standards Authority has certified a locally-made sanitizing tunnel, which is a disinfection method to eliminate bacteria and viruses from users and help...
GSA offers face mask standards for free
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has made Standards for reusable face masks available to local manufacturers and the public free of charge.
The Management of...
GSA certifies newly automated hand washing machine
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has certified the invention of an automated hand washing machine for public use.
Mr Richard Kwarteng, the inventor of...
GSA Director General stresses need for standards in Gold Industry
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has closed down a local cable and electronic manufacturing plant and a plastic production factory in Accra with a...
GSA Bids Farewell to Senior Official
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has distributed copies of maiden Ghana Building Code to Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) in Upper West Region to...