By Samuel Balagadde

THE Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has mounted an operation in Kikuubo, recovering boxes of counterfeit sweets from China.

The sweets branded Jingles Yogurt were recovered from KAM IMPEX on Giant Arcade in Kikuubo, the city’s business hub.

Charles Kalule, the UNBS head of market surveillance, explained that the sweets were imitated from those manufactured by Aldor Yogueta from Colombia.

“The importers of the counterfeited sweets will have to provide import documents and import inspection certificates.

“The exhibits have been taken for laboratory tests,” said Kalule.
Kalule disclosed that the standards watchdog was concerned about the increased counterfeit goods on the market.

He lamented that the vice does not only deprive consumers of getting value for their money, but also disorganises the authorised dealers of such products.

Despite threats by President Yoweri Museveni to jail traders selling fake products for five years, the vice has remained the biggest challenge for the standards agency.

Syda Bbumba, Museveni said dealers in counterfeit products would not be tolerated.