Thank you for visiting the Zanzibar Bureau of Standards website. On behalf of Board of Directors and Management Team of ZBS, it’s our distinguished pleasure to welcome you to our website and share knowledge on Standardization and the services we offer to you and the general community. We present our sincere thankfulness for your time and effort to read this message.

This website facilitates a broad overview of our activities and services we offer within ZBS. It is part of our communication tool pack that will be enriched with updated information regarding ZBS. Nevertheless, it provides knowledge for all our stakeholders on standards, quality assurance including inspection, calibration, testing, conformity assessment and certification.
Zanzibar Bureau of Standards was established to ensure products produced locally for export or domestic consumption and imported products for consumption in the country are of desired standards, meet the intended quality and remain safe while consumed by both citizens and our environment. Hence, our main activities focus on living with standards, assuring with quality products and nourishing with a safe life.

My team and I are committed to help and support all stakeholders, including manufacturers, SMEs, exporters, importers and consumers in their operations and market access. We practise our responsibilities as partners in standards and qualities with an ethical approach ‘without fear or favor’ but professionalism will steer our wheel.

We hope you will find our website helpful and that we will have the opportunity to work with you. We are always keen to receive and read your comments and suggestions in which we believe ZBS can fetch your thoughts to progress faster and deliver anticipated positive outputs and outcomes.

ZBS values your time and effort, if you have any question or require our assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us through our e-mail: info@zbs.go.tz or visit us at our head office located at Amani Industrial Park, Zanzibar.

Inspiring for success, get reliable standards. Welcome!

Mr. YUSUPH MAJID NASSOR
Director General – ZBS