Dar es Salaam, Sept. 3 -- FROM dodgy milk powder in the market to flour with secret ingredients that could be anything from chalk to alien dust, our markets are a treasure trove of “What-on-earth-is-this?” products.

Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS), you have got your work cut out for you.

The public deserves to know what they are buying before they swallow it. Let us get real. Expired and substandard goods are like silent killers lurking in our food and homes, ready to pounce and mess up our health in ways we dont see coming.

These goods dont just expire on the calendar, they simply expire on safety, quality and common sense. The result? Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, hypertension and other chronic illnes...