Tag Archives: UNBS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ugandan public has been urged to be keen on the UNBS quality mark on all beauty products, in order to avoid fake and substandard cosmetics that have infiltrated the market. The distinctive mark is issued as an assurance of conformity to relevant standards. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has opened the UNBS national food safety laboratory building whose construction started in 2010 when the body acquired land to build its headquarters in Bweyogerere Industrial Park. Ben Manyindo, the UNBS executive director said on Dec.12. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) on Thursday opened a new food safety laboratory with a pledge to prioritize consumer health and facilitate speedy testing of Uganda’s food for local markets and export. Food laboratory helps in ensuring the safety and quality of food …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS has proposed that Uganda Revenue Authority-URA should tax only imports that have been certified by the standards body. UNBS is mandated to develop, promote and enforce standards to ensure competitiveness of locally manufactured products and to protect the health and safety of consumers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS has suspended the importation, sale and distribution of several peanut butter products from Kenya. A statement from UNBS issued yesterday says Laboratory Tests carried out by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), confirmed high levels of aflatoxin contamination in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The decision by Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS to regulate the standard of edible insects has generated mixed reactions from grasshopper consumers and dealers in greater Masaka region. In its draft standards tabled in September, UNBS notes that given the increasing trade in edible insects …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business grounded to a halt at Arua Park yesterday morning when Uganda National Bureau of Standards–UNBS officials raided People’s Plaza and Kati-Kati Plaza and impounded several cartons of sachet alcohol. The UNBS team was accompanied by Uganda Revenue Authority –URA officials and officers from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), has acquired an Optical Emission Spectrometer (OES), used to test the chemical composition of steel and aluminium metal products. The machine is able to determine the amount of chemical elements as well as trace metals in steel …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) was able to inspect and certify 1,350 products from small business in the last financial year but failed to hit its target of 3,000 products. Ben Manyindo, the standards body Executive Director, said on Wednesday at Uganda Media …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Amelia Kyambadde has provided a list of certified energy drinks and their contents to parliament. Energy drinks are soft drinks containing high percentage of sugar, caffeine, or another stimulant, typically consumed during or after sporting activity or …