Nairobi, Aug. 4 -- The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) has launched investigations into Chinese retail chains selling products labelled entirely in Mandarin in Kenya after a Business Daily investigation that highlighted how the products violated the law.

For consumers, the label on a product is often the first and sometimes only source of information about what they are buying, which is why it is dictated by different laws.

A range of rules and regulations requires manufacturers, importers and sellers to provide specified information and prohibits them from making representations that could mislead consumers.

The rules vary depending on the product, but the main legal framework comes from the Standards Act, the Consumer Protection Act...