EDITORIAL: Kebs move welcome
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 0:01
By EDITORIAL
Kebs has banned eight sanitiser brands on the back of a rise in new Covid-19 cases.
Profiteers and counterfeiters have since seen an opportunity to make a kill with substandard goods, exposing the public to the risk of not only contracting the viral disease but to other public health and safety risks associated with poor quality products.
That is why the move by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs), which has issued the specifications that such products must meet is critical and must be stringently enforced.
On Sunday, we reported that the Kebs banned another eight brands on the back of a rise in new Covid-19 cases.
The regulator and other enforcement agencies must now move from banning hazardous products and starting charging those implicated in their manufacture and sale.
