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UNBS intensifies fight against illicit alcohol

JAVIRA SSEBWAMI | PML Daily Staff WriterbyJAVIRA SSEBWAMI | PML Daily Staff Writer
July 29, 2020
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UNBS vows action against illicit alcohol traders (PHOTO/Courtesy).

KAMPALA – The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has vowed to intensify the fight against alcohol in sachets and packaging less than 200mls.

This follows a complaint from the Uganda Alcohol Industry Association about the continued sale of these alcoholic drinks much as they were banned on the market.
During an alcohol manufacturers’ stakeholder engagement organized by UNBS ahead of massive enforcement, the standards body called for more collaboration from the concerned stakeholders, to rid the market of illicit alcohol.

“We encourage you to give us intelligence information on where illicit alcohol is manufactured and so that we can take strategic action other than sending us on a wild goose chase.” Said Daniel Arorwa, the Market Surveillance Manager at UNBS.

Arorwa also called upon manufacturers to avoid presenting any product that does not conform to the compulsory standards, on the market.

The UNBS Deputy Executive Director, John Paul Musimami, hinted on the use of the Digital Tracking Solution to curb substandard products on the market.

“The number of entry points where UNBS is, are few and this poses a big challenge concerning smuggled products. However, the Digital Tracking Solution (DTS) will clear all that.” Said John Paul Musimami.

Following a cabinet directive issued in 2017, banning consumption and sale of alcohol in sachet and in bottles less than 200mls, manufacturers were given up to 30th March 2019 to seize production while retailers were given up to May 31 2019 to stop selling the sachets. The ban is aimed at combating the excessive and unregulated consumption of Alcohol in Uganda.

Upon expiration of the deadlines, the Minister of Trade Industry and Cooperatives, Minister Amelia Kyambadde instituted a multi-sectoral task force to enforce the ban, of which UNBS is among.

UNBS has since carried out stakeholder engagements and training of alcohol manufacturers and distributors requiring them to recall all non-conforming products from the market and sealed-off any company whose non-conforming products were found on the market.

To date, UNBS has closed over 167 sachet-filling machines belonging to at least 37 alcohol-manufacturing
companies, seized and confined packaging materials used in production of sachets through UNBS enforcement activities across the country.

Clause 2, Section (1) (f) of the UNBS Act mandates to enforce standards in protection of the public against harmful, dangerous and sub-standard products, while Clause 20 of the Act prohibits the manufacture, sale,distribution or holding for the purpose of selling any product that does not meet compulsory Uganda
standards.

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