UNDERWEAR IMPORTS: From army surplus wear to used underwear imports

>I  know from personal experience and recorded History that secondhand clothing has been routinely imported into this country from the end of World War II (1939-45). The natives just loved British Army surplus-wear, including especially greatcoats, ‘ma-Joho,’ which reached to the shins, and could be worn with nothing under like shirts, vests, underpants, trousers!

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Oct

TBS obsession with secondhand underwear imports?

It clearly seems that the issue of imports of counterfeit, fake, shoddy and otherwise low-quality/substandard goods into Tanzania will never, ever go away, so to speak

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Mar

7 in trouble over banned underwear

Police in the city are holding seven traders who were caught selling unhygienic under garments in a crackdown carried out in three major markets here.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Mar

Health-risk garments: It’s beyond underwear

My eyes periodically chance upon news items related to an item that I wish had skipped my attention because they don’t qualify as chances, which ordinarily represent positive things or developments. Yet, on second thoughts, I am glad I come across them, because they’ve lately given me a little, but hugely beneficial food for thought.

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

01 Feb

TBS moves to enforce ban on used underwear

IPPmedia
TBS moves to enforce ban on used underwear
IPPmedia
The Tanzania Bureau of Standards has issued a warning to the public to immediately stop ordering and using second hand underwear like brassieres, underpants and socks because they don't meet the required standards. The principal legal officer of TBS, ...

 

11 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

03 Feb

TBs War On 'Mitumba' Underwear Spreads to Arusha

IPPmedia
TBs War On 'Mitumba' Underwear Spreads to Arusha
AllAfrica.com
The National Bureau of Standards has shifted the war against imported second-hand inner garments to Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions and so far bales of such clothes have been set ablaze in Arusha. The Officer in-charge of standards and quality control at ...
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)IPPmedia
Imported goods now to bear TBS stamp of quality approvalDaily News

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11 years ago

Hunted Zim Elephant Tusks

08 Apr

US bans imports of sport

Nature World News
US bans imports of sport-hunted Zim elephant tusks
NewsDay
THE United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has suspended imports of sport-hunted African elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Tanzania over alleged questionable management practices, it has been learnt. By Wisdom Mdzungairi Assistant ...
US Issues Temporary Ban of Elephant Trophy Imports from Zimbabwe and ...Nature World News

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10 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Dec

Chicken producers up in arms over imports

>Local players in the poultry industry have cautioned the ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development against attempts to grant chicken import permits against the law.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Oct

Huge milk imports cause concern

Milk processors are concerned about an influx of imported dairy products, saying they are hurting their businesses.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Jun

Govt to control sugar imports

A sugar procurement entity involving local sugar producers and importers of the commodity will be established under the Sugar Board of Tanzania (SBT) beginning next financial year.

 

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