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Nearly 2,000 products in the local market have registered for the
national barcode, just six months since the country acquired its own technology.
GS1 (TZ) National Limited Chief Executive Officer Fatuma Kange said in
an interview in Dar es Salaam yesterday that, “The response has been positive… about 140 firms
have already adopted bar code technology since its inception last year.”
Prior to establishment of GS1 (TZ) National Limited, businesses used to
buy the bar codes from Kenya, South Africa and Denmark, a move described by
some experts as unnecessarily expensive.
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“Apart from cutting unnecessary expenses, the move to acquire the
national bar code will enable locally made goods to compete in foreign markets
and generate more revenues, pushing up production,” she noted.
Ms Kange said the GS1 (TZ) National Limited continues with awareness campaign
to ensure the barcode technology is acquired by as many companies as possible
from all corners of the country.
Most Small and Medium Scale Enterprises have been responding positively
to the new technology than large firms. The Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) was
the first brewery firms to acquire the bar code, ending its dependency on South
Africa.
With the bar-code, one can trace the manufacturer, the manufacturing
and expiry dates, the place they were manufactured and the contents or
ingredients used in the products.
The Bar code technology is also cited as an effective mechanism in
curbing counterfeits that subject the nation into losses of billion of shillings
where an estimated 600bn/- and 900bn/- is lost annually due to tax evasions related
to fake and substandard goods.
Source: The Daily News, reported by Sebastian Mrindoko
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