TTBS to Commence Mandatory Certification for Hollow Clay Blocks
“In fulfilling our mandate over the 2019 – 2022 period, our National Standardization Strategy focuses on high priority Products and Services, including Construction Goods. The standardization of these products contributes towards the overall mitigation against threats associated with natural disasters such as earthquakes, tropical storms and hurricanes which are known to affect our region. The standardization of these goods can also support...
LMI Conducts Market Awareness Session
When we go to the market, almost everything we buy is priced based on its weight – bananas, potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, etc. It is therefore important that the weighing scale is measuring the weight accurately. If the scale is under-weighting, then the vendor is at a disadvantage. For example, if the correct weight of the tomatoes is 2 kg but the scale...
NETWORK OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE (CARICHAM) LAUNCHED AND FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING HELD
PRESS RELEASE 03 APRIL, 2019 Executive Directors of sixteen (16) Chambers of Commerce across the Caribbean region gathered at the Accra Beach Resort and Spa in Barbados on April 1 and 2, 2019, for the Official Launch and First Meeting of the Network of Chambers of Commerce (CARICHAM). During the two day meeting, history was created with the official signing of a...
ATTENTION: Sangre Grande Market Vendors
The Legal Metrology Inspectorate (LMI) a unit of the TTBS, will be visiting Sangre Grande Market vendors to hold discussions regarding Market Scale Verification – “Stamping of scales” on Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th April, 2019, from 5.00a.m. – 12noon. This awareness exercise will be done in all markets across Trinidad over the next 5 months. The verification of market scales will...