
UNBS bans production and sale of City 5 gin.
The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), has banned the production and sale of City 5 gin, a locally distilled alcohol in Arua City, days after it reportedly claimed about 17 lives and left others hospitalized in West Nile.
The development was confirmed on Wednesday by the State Minister for Industry, David Bahati.
Bahati told Parliament that the Arua-based Luluwiri Fruit Wine factory, the producers of the adulterated gin was suspended until further notice.
The Bureau has sealed off and suspended the production facilities where the adulterated gin was found until further notice,” Bahati said during plenary sitting on Thursday.
He also revealed that the manufacturers of the ‘killer liquor’ are currently being detained by police.
“The suspects involved in the manufacture and sale of C...