Massy Gas Products offers to help crack down on unsafe cooking gas bottle gadgets

Last Updated on Thursday, 4 December 2025, 22:25 by Writer

Chief Executive Officer of Massy Gas Products (Guyana) Limited, Augustus Harris

Massy Gas Products on Wednesday pledged to work closely with the government to ensure safe cooking gas bottle gadgets are sold on the market.

“Massy stands ready to continue to work collaboratively with the Guyana National Bureau of Standards and with policy makers to help close the gaps that allow unsafe LPG (liquid petroleum gas) and other substandard goods to enter the market,” Chief Executive Officer of Massy Gas Products (Guyana) Limited, Augustus Harris told a Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association’s (GMSA) awards ceremony.

He said Massy Gas Products (Guyana) would continue to make its technical resources, expertise and regional experience available to support Guyana’s national effort.

Among those present were finance minister Dr Ashni Singh, labour and manpower planning minister Keoma Griffith and public works minister Juan Edghill, as well as senior officials of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS).

In recent years, several persons have been killed and injured as a result of gas cylinder explosions.

Mr Harris stressed the importance of safety as a culture across all of Massy’s operations including its gas products business.

He said even one substandard or non-compliant component could undermine the best engineering and put families, businesses and communities at risk. He said not only are consumers placed at risk by inferior and non-compliant goods but businesses that abide by the rules face unfair competition. “Responsible manufacturers, those who invest heavily to meet standards, are unfairly disadvantaged,” he said.

The top Massy Gas Products official stopped short of calling on authorities to ensure that the laws and regulations on product standards are enforced evenly across the board. “Our aspiration is a marketplace where safety is not variable, it is guaranteed. A marketplace where Made in Guyana and Service in Guyana are synonymous with quality, integrity and excellence.”