DODOMA, Nov. 5 -- THE Weights and Measures Agency (WMA) will strengthen inspections of industrial raw materials and finished products to ensure compliance with measurement standards, in a move aimed at improving product quality and competitiveness in domestic and international markets.

The agency will also intensify checks on packaged goods and educate small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on the use of verified measuring equipment to support implementation of the Sustainable Industrial Development Policy 2025 and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Policy 2003, 2025 Edition.

WMA Chief Executive Officer Alban Kihulla said this in Dodoma on Wednesday during the launch of the two policies, noting that the agency would work wi...