SUMMARY FINDINGS - ALLEGED UNDER-WEIGHT MEALIE MEAL
Following a video circulation which went viral on social media on 24th June 2022, in which a consumer complained about alleged underweight bags of mealie meal produced by Nyimba Milling Limited,
We are a Statutory Body under the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (MCTI) established by the Metrology Act No. 6 of 2017. Our overarching mandate is to oversee the service provision of Scientific, Industrial and Legal Metrology in Zambia.
The Agency regularly conducts inspections on regulated measuring instruments and goods which have been locally manufactured, packed or imported.
Calibration is the activity of comparing an unknown measurement to a measurement of higher accuracy. Calibration exists to enable worldwide uniformity of measurements.
This activity involves the examination and issuing of a verification certificate that ascertains that the measuring instrument complies with statutory requirements.
Following a video circulation which went viral on social media on 24th June 2022, in which a consumer complained about alleged underweight bags of mealie meal produced by Nyimba Milling Limited,
The Zambia Metrology Agency (ZMA) commenced the verification of measuring instruments used in the petroleum sector at the beginning of the year 2021