It’s a public secret that Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has failed to handle fake products in Uganda, and rightly so if reports that the entity is underfunded and understaffed are to be believed. Recently, UNBS closed down Ecofresh mineral water factory in Bugolobi, a Kampala suburb due to poor hygiene that exposed the consumers of the water to health risks. The water contained E-coli which can cause diarrhoea and cholera.
“This brand (ecofresh) is not safe for human consumption. We have been warning them since last year but they turned a deaf ear,
