The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has introduced a new system which will be used to inspect goods entering the country.
The executive Director Uganda National Bureau of standards Ben Manyindo says, effective 3rd December the Bureau started using the pre-export Verification of conformity to verify the goods.
He says, now the goods are being inspected at their country of origin before they are exported into the country.
He says in total six companies have been contracted to carry out the inspection of the goods on behave of the UNBS.
He reveals that the companies include, S.G.S Company, Intertek and Bureau veritas will deal with inspecting the general goods entering the country.
He says other 3 companies Jevic, EAA and Jabal Kirimanjaro will deal in inspecting vehicles imported into the country.