Tanzania: 30,000 Tonnes of Bad Fuel Intercepted

OVER 30,000 metric tonnes of imported petroleum products for local consumption this month have failed to meet the required quality standards, the 'Daily News' can confirm.

The consignment was imported through the Bulk Procurement System (BPS) using an oil tanker, MT Alpine Meadow. But, reached for comments yesterday, Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) Director General, Professor Egid Mubofu, neither confirmed nor denied the news, asking for more time before he could issue a statement.

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