The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) joined the world on 14th October 2023, to celebrate World Standards Day under the theme: SHARED VISION FOR A BETTER WORLD: INCORPORATING Sustainable Development Goal 3, which focuses on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all.
Standards play an important role in ensuring healthy lives and in line with the Bureau’s mandate to formulate standards, to date, a number of 4,796 standards have been declared for use;
- 1118 standards in the Food, Agriculture And Forestry sector
- 1457 standards in the Chemicals And Consumer Products sector
- 1470 standards in the Engineering And Construction sector, and
- 751 standards in the Services And Business Management sector.
The standards can be accessed from the UNBS website via [ Ссылка ].
To further promote the intake of standards in the public, UNBS has over the years supported Micro, small and Medium enterprises as well as the entire private sector by;
• Harmonising common user standards to facilitate access of locally manufactured products to Regional, continental and International markets
• Simplifying standards into easy to use guidelines translated to local languages for easier comprehension and implementation.
• Decentralising UNBS Services testing, certification, market surveillance and legal metrology services to Regional Offices in Mbale for Eastern Uganda, Gulu for Northern Uganda and Mbarara for western Uganda which increases access to UNBS services and reduces the cost of seeking them in Kampala
• Maintenance of internationally accredited Laboratories to provide testing services for both local products, imports and exports
• Reduced UNBS product certification fees
• Availability of Batch certification and Pre-market approval programs to facilitate trade, among other achievements.
UNBS recognizes and pays tribute to all Experts who volunteer their valuable resources in developing Standards to create a better world for all.
In solidarity with the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), Together, we can create a world where well-being and good health are safeguarded, today and for the generations to come.
About UNBS
The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) is a Government Agency responsible for developing, promoting and enforcing of national standards in the protection of Public Health and Safety, and the Environment against harmful and sub-standard products.
For more information, please contact:
Sylvia Kirabo,
Principal Public Relations Officer,
Uganda National Bureau of Standards,
Plot 2 - 12, Bypass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial & Business Park,
P.O Box 6329 Kampala, Uganda.
Mobile Tel: 0703196903
Telephone: 256 417 333250 / Toll Free Line: 0800133133/0800233233
E-mail: sylvia.kirabo@unbs.go.ug / info@unbs.go.ug
Website: www.unbs.go.ug
