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16:10
16:10

UNBS Starts Investigations of Energy Drink 1 2

The investigations followed a complaint from a consumer who as a result of consuming the energy drink developed an erection that lasted up to six hours. The consumer also complained of heart palpitations as a result. Viagra is used to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
07:17
07:17

Gulu Trader In Trouble For Selling Expired Goods resident 1

Richard Ssanyu, a resident of Kagoma in Nansana Municipality in Wakiso district was picked up on Wednesday after he was found with six cartons of expired biscuit and toothpaste.
18:05
18:05

Uganda Acquires Nuclear Machine to Detect Drug Residues iaea 1 2 Top story

The machine will enable UNBS to analyse and quantify drug residues. Liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry technique is used to detect and identify very low concentration levels of chemicals, in this case food contaminants, and distinguish them from other material.
17:03
17:03

Bella Wine, a Brand Conceived in the Kitchen entrepreneurs 1 3

From humble beginnings inside her kitchen in 2010, Prudence Ukkonika Busingye tells URN what inspired her to venture into wine making. Bella Wine, the business that was started with as little as one hundred Uganda thousand shillings producing five litres of wine, now distributes over fifty thousand litres per year from a factory located in Namugongo, outside Kampala.
15:26
15:26

High Standards Limit Local Participation in Oil & Gas total uganda 2 1 Top story

Local businesses are yet to provide supplies to the oil and gas sector as the country prepares to start production in 2020. Patrick Kabahanga Mbonye, the Managing Director Q-Sourcing Limited, says many of the manufacturers need to adjust or fine-tune their production lines to suit required standards or lose out on the new opportunities.
16:51
16:51

UNBS Seizes Tons of Fake Salt on Open Market

Malindi and Sunsat salt brands contained insoluble substances which could be sand, stones, heavy metals which are dangerous to humans.
14:29
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140 Pump Stations Unmasked for Selling Adulterated Fuel 1 Top story

Some of the multiple defaulters of many pumps, on different months or different quarters include stations like Sena Savers in Mubende, Hope Well in Mayuge, Ronnex in Gayaza ,Wakiso, Kasambira in Kamuli, Kiwenda in Wakiso, Kobil in Apac, Mubende and Mityana, and Super Dembe in Wakiso.
10:37
10:37

UNBS to Hike Standards and Certification Fees 1

Patricia Ejalu, the Deputy Executive Director for Technical Operations Uganda National Bureau of Standards says for long their fees have not changed yet events, developments and inflation have overtaken them.
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Gulu District Wants All Sachet Alcohol Re-tested alcohol abuse 2

Some of the brands of alcohol packed in sachets include; Coffee Spirit, Beckham gin, Empire, X, London No 1, Tyson waragi, Good gin, Sunny waragi, Knock Out gin, Chocolate Spirit, Diplomat gin, Directors gin and Pandar gin among others.
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