Tag Archives: UNBS

  Bugweri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maize produce dealers from the districts of Namutumba and Bugweri have asked government to skill them on proper storage techniques which they say will enable them to trade in quality grain within the local and regional markets. Their call comes just a few days …

Under the PVoC policy, all goods are supposed to be tested for standards like roadworthiness for vehicles Mombasa, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has given importers a one-month waiver of the surcharge on goods that are subject to the Pre-Export Verification of Conformity (PVoC) but …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has issued a list of 23 certified maize millers in a bid to protect the public from consuming substandard maize products. This comes amidst growing concern about the quality of maize and flour on the market. Recently, Kenya banned …

Why the alleged substandard exports should help nation rethink its agricultural extension interventions  COMMENT | WALTER AKENA | On March 5, 2021, the Kenyan Government issued a ban on the importation of maize from Uganda. The decision, according to the head of Kenyan Agriculture and Food Authority stemmed from their …

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 …