Uganda: Bakers Cheat Locals With Underweight Bread

1 October 2011

MOST bakers make underweight bread, thereby cheating unsuspecting consumers. In a recent survey, the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) established that some brands were below the stipulated weight by as much as 100g (a tenth of a kilogramme).

The few that had the correct weight did not meet the required labelling standards. UNBS picked bread samples from shops, supermarkets and bakeries.

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