Overview
The Government Chemist Laboratory Authority (GCLA) is the national referral laboratory and regulatory body in Tanzania, established under the Government Chemist Laboratory Authority Act No. 8 of 2016 (now cited as Cap. 177 R.E. 2023) for mainland Tanzania.
It operates as a body corporate, empowered to provide analytical and forensic laboratory services, and to regulate the production, handling, import, export, storage and disposal of industrial and consumer chemicals in order to protect public health, the environment and ensure justice.
