Tag Archives: UNBS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS has blamed the clash by the business community and the authorities over standards of goods on the lack of knowledge on the existence of the regulations. The Bureau says it has developed more than 3,600 standards on products that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The advertisement and promotion of drinks with claims of health benefits has been stopped unless approved by the National Drug Authority (NDA), Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) and Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). Many non-carbonated soft drinks have increasingly been marketed as health drinks, energy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unscrupulous business people are counterfeiting the digital tax stamp, one of the measures launched by the government to crackdown on smugglers and frauds of fast-selling imported and local products. The stamp is an electronic machine-readable mark stamped on the targeted product to authenticate their origin, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Manufacturers of hand sanitizers have decried the presence of substandard and counterfeit products on the market.  The demand for hand sanitizers shot up in April last year following the outbreak of coronavirus in Uganda, as Ugandans learnt that it was an effective way of killing …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda National Bureau of standards -UNBS will close all maize millers that won’t have a distinctive certification by June this year. Section 43 of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards Act, cap 327, makes use of a distinctive mark a mandatory requirement for all importers and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has warned the manufacturers, importers and dealers in facemasks and face shields to strictly follow the standards.  This comes ahead of the reopening of the education sector by the government, which would see the demand for facemasks and shields …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Health authorities in Gulu City have closed a Mukamanayamba Heath Drink factory over poor waste management. The decision follows an outcry from the community who accused the factory owners of disposing of liquid waste in the open which has put their lives at risk. This …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has launched the training of private companies with testing laboratories, to test locally produced goods for quality standards. The test results will be acceptable for the UNBS standard mark. This is aimed at increasing the speed and efficiency of …

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS has impounded more than 20 substandard weighing scales in a three-day operation in Arua City. The operation was meant to verify the standards of the weighing scales used in shops and butcheries. Most of the impounded weighing scales originated from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Permanent secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Pius Wakabi Kassaja says the construction of the National calibration food laboratory will cost about Uganda shillings 14.9 billion. Calibration is regarded as a process where measurements of a test instrument or equipment …