UNBS offering technical assistance, sanitizers’ and disinfectants’ standards free of charge

  22nd May , 2020 ,       Hits:

The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) is offering standards of sanitisers and disinfectants FREE OF CHARGE to manufacturers to help in the production of quality and safe products, in the wake of COVID-19.

The move is in line with the frequent use of sanitizers, which is one of the measures put forward by government to curb the spread of the COVID 19 pandemic.

 

Ugandan manufacturers can obtain the following standards by submitting a request online through the UNBS website; https://unbs.go.ug ;

1.         US EAS 789: 2013, Instant hand sanitizers — Specification

2.         US 1625:2015, Anti-bacterial and Anti-viral instant hand sanitizers— Specification

3.         US 1693:2017, Disinfectants/sanitizers — Specification

4.         US 1709:2017, Disinfectants/sanitizers based on iodophors — Specification

5.         US 1710:2017, Disinfectants/sanitizers based on glutaraldehyde for general use — Specification

6.         US EAS 812-1:2015, Liquid hand wash — Specification — Part 1: Synthetic and combined (soap and synthetic) hand wash

 

In addition to the free standards, UNBS is also providing technical assistance to manufacturers to ensure compliance to the standards. So far, 106 applications have been received for the manufacture of sanitisers and are at various stages of processing for certification. The applicants can track progress of their applications online using the UNBS Mobile Application (UNBS APP) or UNBS website - Samples Analysis Status.