{"id":18665,"date":"2024-04-16T14:21:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T14:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18665"},"modified":"2024-04-16T14:21:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T14:21:41","slug":"gnbs-clarifies-role-regarding-scales-and-discounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gnbs-clarifies-role-regarding-scales-and-discounts\/","title":{"rendered":"GNBS Clarifies Role Regarding Scales and Discounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Fabiana McKlmon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) issued a clarification following a publication in the Guyana Times, stating that the agency does not sell scales and cannot mandate businesses to provide discounts to consumers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lloyd David, the Corporate Communications Head of GNBS, emphasized that the agency&#8217;s primary responsibility is to verify all measuring instruments used in trade to ensure consumer protection and fairness in commercial transactions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He clarified that GNBS does not engage in the sale of scales or other measuring instruments and therefore cannot enforce discounts from businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to David, the GNBS conducts verifications of measuring instruments used in trade twice annually, from January to March and July to September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, vendors and users who miss these verification periods can still have their measuring instruments verified at GNBS offices located nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David urged citizens to look for the GNBS certification sticker on scales when making purchases in shops, markets, or supermarkets across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He advised consumers not to purchase items weighed on instruments lacking the GNBS verification sticker and encouraged them to report such instances to GNBS for appropriate action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conclusion, GNBS stressed the importance for importers, dealers, and users of measuring instruments in trade to ensure their instruments are verified (stamped) by GNBS before selling or using them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fabiana McKlmon The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) issued a clarification following a publication in the Guyana Times, stating that the agency does not sell scales and cannot&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18667,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18665\/revisions\/18667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}