1. Benefits of UNBS Certification (Why Certification?)
The mark guides consumers to products that conform to UNBS Standards, Through the mark, products gain customer satisfaction and trust, The mark is a marketing tool for producers hence increasing sales

2. Requirements for Registration for Product Certification (Quality Mark)?
Tax Identification Number (TIN), Electronic Mail Address (E-Mail Address), Certificate of Incorporation (Soft Copy), Product Process Flow Chart (Soft Copy)

3. Application for the Quality Mark (Q Mark)?
Log on to https://cims.unbs.go.ug

4. Purchase of UNBS Standards
Log on to https://webstore.unbs.go.ug

5. Audit Fees
After submission of the application for the Quality Mark, it will be assigned to a UNBS Officer for review, If not successful, the application will be rejected and you will be notified. If successful, still you will be notified and an Invoice for Certification fees and Testing fees will be sent to your E-mail.

6. Audit Plan
Once the payments have been made and confirmed by the UNBS, an Audit Plan is shared with you i.e. the date of the Audit and names of the Auditors that will be conducting the Audit. At this point, the USSIA UNBS Standard Facilitators intensify the drills with the applicant for the Mark, a surprise check is made by the facilitators, just before the UNBS Audit itself.

7. Audit Process
Where the Audit date was agreed upon by UNBS and the applicant, Auditors are sent to the manufacturing premises and mainly cover various areas and described below. At the completion of the Audit, a sample of each of the Product brand for which the Q mark was applied is taken for analysis at the UNBS labs for Testing and Analysis, Food Chain Controls and Practices. These are controls put in place and practices adopted by the producer from the point of entry of raw materials, through production and output to ensure that safety and quality requirements are adhered to e.g. testing of raw materials for heavy metals before production begins.

8. Sharing Reports
If not successful, the enterprise is given Non Conformity Forms (NCF) showing areas that require improvement for corrective action. If corrected, the Form is filled and proof of correction is as well attached on the Form e.g. Explanation and or Pictures.

9. Certification
A double payment of the testing fees is pre payment for the surveillance test that will be done within the next valid period of certification.