Published: 03 September 2013

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority has spent $400 000 on a new fuel quality testing mobile laboratory to protect consumers from substandard products after the introduction of mandatory blending of ethanol (E5) and unleaded petrol, an official has said.

Speaking at a stakeholders' meeting in Harare last week, Zera chief executive officer Gloria Magombo said the regulator had already procured the machine from a local company and it was expected in the country in October.

She said the mobile laboratory came with instruments securely mounted on specially designed shock absorbers to avoid damage during driving.

Magombo said Zera would work together with the Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) in testing the fuel quality.

SAZ already has laboratories all over the country and has been providing this kind of services for some time.
- newsday

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