Kebs stamps shortage cuts supply of imported goods

One of the printing machines inside the Kenya Bureau of Standards. File Photo | NMG

Kenyan consumers may be headed for an acute shortage of rice, toothpaste and a range of beauty products in the wake of a three-week blockade on imported stocks in the ongoing fight against fake quality mark stickers.

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) stopped issuing the new import standardisation mark (ISM) stickers following a recent discovery that millions of fakes were in circulation.

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