Short Company Profile Chemiphar (U) Ltd
Chemiphar (U) Ltd. is an internationally accredited analytical laboratory which is active on different levels
of quality control in food and water and their establishments as well as in environmental monitoring and
analysis. Our core business is providing facilities to different industries and regulatory bodies for analysis of
samples in a wide scope of microbiological and chemical test methods. However Chemiphar does not limit
its services to producing results only; the expertise we have in house allows us to interpret with the client’s results, to point out problems and to propose corrective actions to solve problems or to improve the
quality of products or production processes. Chemiphar carries auditing that is intended to check if the
food producing companies comply with the HACCP-guidelines (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) and
GMP-rules (Good Manufacturing Rules) and most of the EU directives.
Chemiphar is also involved in different national and international consulting projects in food security, environmental health and pharmaceutical sectors.
Microbiology department
Chemiphar (U) Ltd. has a microbiology department which performs the whole range of tests on foodstuffs,
water and beverages: TPC, total and faecal coliforms including E.coli, Staphyloccoci, sulphate reducers,
yeast and moulds, Bacillus cereus, Salmonella, Vibrio spp, Listeria monocytogenes, Legionella, etc.
Chemical department
The Chemical department now consists of four subdivisions: Foods and Water, Seed testing, Environment
and Chromatography.
1. The Environmental department determines the pollution levels in water as well as in soil samples.
Here effluent water, surface and ground water are analysed. Also air pollution monitoring, emissions and imissions are performed.
2. The Seed Testing and Certification is one of the newest departments in which we have been investing. We perform quality inspection of the agro seeds and certification. We are member of the ISTA
(International Seed Testing Association) and of the USTA (Uganda Seed Trading Association).
3. We have new CAMAG-TLC Scanner and HPLC that are used for analysis of vitamins and mycotoxins.
4. We have an AAS for heavy metals
International accreditation
Our accredited status as a private and independent laboratory is a unique achievement in the region.
Chemiphar (U) Ltd. works in complete compliance with the International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005
which spells out the “General Requirements for the Competence for Testing and Calibration Laboratories”.
The Belgian accreditation bureau BELAC (accreditation number 167-TEST) has confirmed these stringent
quality assurance in the laboratory together with the technical competence in performing the analyses by
the granting of the international accreditation which renders our results worldwide acceptable.
Part of Chemiphar group of laboratories
Another comparative advantage the laboratory enjoys is the backing of the Chemiphar Group of Laboratories which is based in Bruges and one of the biggest and most multidisciplinary accredited laboratories
in Belgium. This backing allows us to offer a complete range of laboratory services in Uganda and the East
African region.
Examples of analyses performed
The following are a pick from the major clients and activities Chemiphar is involved in:
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Quality Inspection and analysis of food commodities purchased by WFP in Uganda: nutritional value, residues, suitability for human consumption. For the food supplies to the
internally displaced persons in the maps in the northern Uganda, Chemiphar has been working with
manufacturer of CSB namely Magric Uganda Ltd., Biyinzika U Ltd., Eastern Grain Millers, Maganjo Grain
Millers, from development of prototypes.
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Quality control of all export high value crops under the agreement of The Agribusiness Development Centre, Uganda’s Investment in Developing Export Agriculture (IDEA) Project. Analysis of vanilla, fresh and dried fruits, chillies, papaine, etc.
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Research collaboration with the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry in which the laboratory analyses part of plants for their natural medical properties.
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Hygiene auditing in food establishments, hotels and restaurants.
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Spring water quality surveillance in Kampala District
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Quality control of the food rations and supplies to UN-MONUC in Congo that are procured in Uganda. This includes eggs, chicken, frozen meat, poultry products, water, etc.
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Superintendence and quality control for local purchase of agro seeds by FAO-UN for supply inn the
northern Uganda.
The biggest achievement was the recognition by the EU health inspectors in 2001 as being the only laboratory in Uganda capable of performing all necessary health and residue analyses in the exported fish. This
capacity was a prerequisite for the EU before lifting the ban slapped on fish imports from Uganda into Europe. We can thus state that our presence in Uganda made the revival and survival of the fish exporting
sector, now a multi-million dollar export business, possible.
Recently, in August 2006, EU-FVO food inspectors came and evaluated our laboratory that has been handling for official control samples on behalf of the Fisheries Department.
Furthermore, we were appointed by World Food Programme to inspect and perform the quality control of
all commodities purchased locally and to monitor the quality of commodities stored in the WFP stores. In
December 2004, Chemiphar was recognised as a UN supplier under number 23546.
As of 14thFebruary 2007, we have been registered on the UN-MONUC vendor roster, under vendor number
MON-1126.
As part of our laboratory services in the food and beverages sector, we conduct hygiene audits in different
food establishments. Therefore, we provide the factories that have HACCP and GMP plans implemented a
good tool for monitoring and verification of the compliance to the standards.
Conclusion
There is expansion of the chromatography department to become the leading and only laboratory in the
region with full capacity of analysing pesticide residues in all foodstuffs and water. Chemiphar (U) Ltd has
thus acquired a GC-MS, AAS, HPLC, CAMAG-TLC, FIMS and, more important, all necessary know-how to operate and to explore all capabilities of this analytical device.
By buying the above set of equipment, Chemiphar (U) Ltd wanted to ensure that exports like the fruits and
vegetables produced in Uganda could continue to be exported to different countries around the world, and
make sure Uganda is complying with, amongst others, the new food and feed law of the EU and EUREPGAP.
The extensive audit experience of Chemiphar (U) Ltd. will be beneficial for the fruits and vegetable sector
in supporting them with the export of their products.
CAMAG-TLC, was specifically brought in to handle vitamins and mycotoxins analyses for WFP. This will tremendously reduce the prices for analyses that were, in the past, performed in our headquarters in Belgium.
It will also reduce the time-lag for remittance of the results and, definitely, enable us to implement the
corrective actions on faulty batches of CSB or unimix.
AAS, one of our newest acquisitions, was specifically brought in to heavy metal analyses. This will tremendously reduce the prices for analyses that were, in the past, performed in our headquarters in Belgium. It
will also reduce the time-lag for remittance of the results and, definitely, enable us to implement the corrective actions on poor consignment.
Seed testing, including quality inspection of agro-seeds, is one vibrant department which was more than
needed on the Ugandan market.
CHEMIPHAR (U) LTD.
PREAMBLE
Chemiphar laboratory, an internally accredited laboratory is committed to serve all local exporters, suppliers for the international markets, non government organisations and government regulatory organisations.
Chemiphar laboratory clients include reputable organisations such as:
Name of clients
5.
Uganda’s Investment in Developing
Export Agriculture (IDEA-USAID) Project
Nature of work
done and products/project covered
Superintendence
work. Inspection and
analysis of commodities.
Quality Inspection
and Control of the
purchased food supplies: eggs, meat
products, etc.
Quality inspection of
agro seeds.
Environmental analysis of all the tap
water and sewage
effluent in all the
Ugandans major
towns.
Quality control of
vanilla export, chillies.
6.
Competitive Private Enterprise &
Trade Expansion (COMPETE, USAID
Project).
Water quality analysis for fish farming
project.
7.
Uganda Honey Bee Keepers Association
8.
The Uganda National Apiculture Development Organisation (TUNADO).
9.
Dairy Development Authority (DDA)
 Dairy Corporation: Analysis
of pasteurised and UHT milk.
 JESA Dairy Farm Ltd.
Quality control and
characterisation
and standardisation
of honey produced in
Uganda.
Characterisation and
Standardisation of
honey for export.
Dairy product quality
control and product
development, hygiene audits.
1.
UN-World Food Programme
UN supplier number 23546
2.
UN-MONUC ( United Nations Organisations Mission in the Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Vendor number MON-1126
3.
International Committee of the Red
Cross – Kampala (ICRC)
National Water and Sewerage Corporation
4.
Benefit of the analysis to the particular company and
the country
Increase of produce
purchase from the
Ugandan farmers
and suppliers.
Increase local purchases from local
suppliers.
Increase fish production through local production ventures.
Opening Ugandan
Honey Exports to
EU.
Safe water and efficiency sewage
treatment to safeguard the populations.
Agricultural expansion export base.
Opening Ugandan
Honey Exports to
EU.
Guarantee product
safety for consumers.
10.
Mukwano Industries (U) Ltd.
Analysis of oil products, edible oil
and soaps
Quality control.
Product development and analysis.
11.
Kinyara Sugar Works Ltd.
12.
Kampala Pharmaceuticals Industries
(1996) Ltd
13.
ACDI-VOCA Organisation
14.
The State of Eritrea, Ministry of
Fisheries, Fish Inspection and Quality
Control Division, Massawa.
15.
Uganda National Bureau of Standards
(UNBS)
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Fisheries Resource Department, Entebbe
Hygiene audits in factories, monitoring plans for environmental analysis
Environmental analysis of processed
water and raw materials.
Involved in Research
and Development of
the drugs by offering quality control
analysis of the prototypes before submission to the NDA
for approval and
released on market.
Analysis of the relief
commodities to determine quality of
food items e.g. CSB
blend.
Quality control of
the sea food products harvested from
the project areas.
Analysis of Consumer
products confiscated
from shelf like
toothpaste, coffee,
imports.
Pesticides in the soil
sediments during the
initial phase of the
EU fish ban of 2000.
Quality control of all
Fishery products exports.
Screening pesticides
in the export.
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UFPEA: Uganda Fish Processors and
Exporters Association.
Sole provider of quality control analysis of fish, water and processing
chain from export to Europe and US.
Uganda Fish Packers Ltd.
Marine and Agro Export Products
Igloo Food Industries Ltd.
Oakwood Investments
Tampa Fisheries Ltd.
Quality control of all
Fishery products exports.
Analysis both microbiological and pesticides for export.
Increase product
safety.
Product development and guaranteeing quality and
product safety.
Ensure product safety to the vulnerable
groups in strife
stricken environments.
Targeted EU market.
Partner in the quality control of the
consumer products
being imported in
the country.
Increase EU consumer confidence in
the Lake Victoria
products.
Contributing to lifting the EU ban on
the Fishery products.
Increased the foreign earnings.
Increase EU consumer confidence in
the Lake Victoria
products.
Contributed to the
lifting of the EU ban
on the fishery products.
Increased the foreign earning to the
country and the in-
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Fresh Water Fish Exporters
Masese Fish Packers Ltd.
Greenfields (U) Ltd.
Gomba Fishing Industries Ltd.
Uganda Marine Products Ltd.
Hwan Sung Ltd.
Ngege Ltd.
Unifoods Ltd.
Tropical Fish Industries Ltd.
Lake Victoria Environment Management Project (LVEMP)
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International Centre for Research in
Agro forestry (ICRAF)
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Mineral Water (Soft Drinks and Carbonated Water) Processing Establishments:
Rwenzori Beverages Co.: Analysis of
end products and source water, hygiene audits.
NC Beverages Ltd.: Analysis of mineral water.
Opal Waters: Analysis of mineral water.
Federal Republic of Ethiopia, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
21.
22.
The United Republic of Tanzania:
Division of Fisheries, Ministry of Natural Resources & Tourisms
hygiene audits in factories, monitoring plans for environmental analysis
Bahari Foods Ltd.
Director of Fisheries
Fruits de la Mer
Kagera Fish Co. Ltd.
Musoma Fish Processors Ltd.
Mwanza Fishing Industries Ltd.
Nile Perch Fisheries Ltd.
Nyagezi Fisheries Laboratory
Omega Fish Ltd.
Prime Catch Exporters Ltd.
Sea Products
Shamez Enterprises Ltd.
dividual fish processing factories.
Pesticide evaluation
of the lake water
and sediments of
Lake Victoria.
Project of characterisation of Prunus
Africana trees in the
different forest
providences in
Uganda.
Prospects of increase of production
and export for
pharmaceutical
manufacturers.
Quality control and
hygiene evaluation
of the end products.
Increasing the export base by exploring areas like local
available resources
that have pharmaceutical properties.
Products like
Moringa oil, Neem
tree, lemon grass oil
analysis,
Eucalyptus oil.
Residue monitoring
of Honey and beeswax
Targeted EU market
Quality control of all
fishery products exports.
Screening pesticides
in the export.
Increase EU consumer confidence in
the Lake Victoria
products.
Contributed to the
lifting of the EU ban
on the fishery products.
Tanperch Ltd.
Tanpesca Ltd.
Tanzania Fish Processors Ltd.
Vicfish Ltd.
23.
Kampala City Council (Kampala Urban Sanitation Programme)
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International Potato Centre
Through the project of propagation
yellow potato for Beta carotene supplementation in the population
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Ugachick (U) Ltd.
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Coffee Exporters
 Kyagalanyi Coffee Ltd.
 Kawacom (U) Ltd
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Food Science and Technology Research Institute, Kawanda (FOSRI)
Food fortification project
28
United
Nations
(UNICEF)
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Century Bottling Ltd, Coca Cola
products and environmental monitoring
Chemipack Ltd.
30
31.
Children
Fund
AVIS Co. Ltd.
Analysis of petroleum jelly products.
Project to evaluate
the spring water
wells and suitability
for human consumption.
Analysis of the Beta
carotene in the local
available potato cultivators.
Analysis of animal
feeds that are supplemented with locally available raw
material like yellow
potatoes to increase
Beta carotene in the
eggs (yellow egg
yolk).
Hygiene auditing in
hatchery, feed mill
and processing
plant.
Analysis of mycotoxins in exported coffee beans especially
for Ochratoxins.
Project to increase
Uganda products
competitiveness to
the world a market.
Food fortification
project.
Supply of scientific
equipment for the
Ugandan Labs.
Environmental analysis of the water and
effluents.
Quality control.
Analysis of the juices
and cordial.
Quality control of
the cosmetic products and comparing
it with the international standards.
Explore the utilisation of cheap source
of vitamin A from
the yellow potato
cultivars grown in
the country.
Contribute to the
solution of Vitamin
A deficiency.
Explore the utilisation of the cheap
source of betacarotene (yellow
egg yolk).
Quality control of
the coffee exports.
Contribute to the
quality of the fortified diets for malnourished groups.
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Britania Products Ltd. (Britania Allied Industries)
Splash and other products
Exporters of Fruits and Vegetables:
quality control of end products:
dried fruits, vanilla, papaine.
Esco (U) Ltd.
Gourmet Gardens
Natural vanilla Ltd.
Uganda Crop Industries.
Kasese Vanilla Dev.
Agro Management Services.
Banange (U) Ltd
Rwenzori Vanilla Project
Ltd.
Flona Commodities.
Sheraton Hotel Kampala
MOST Project
The USAID Micronutrient Program
Fortification project of food with
micronutrients like minerals and vitamins
Department of crop protection, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry
and Fisheries, Entebbe
Fruits and Vegetables Pesticides
screening.
Quality control of
the end products.
Quality control of all
the vanilla export
from the country.
Provided a cheaper
laboratory services
to the sector compared to the foreign
laboratory where
exporters used to
send the samples.
Hygiene monitoring,
environmental analysis of the swimming
pool waters and potable water.
Analysis of betacarotene in fortified
products like maize
meal, vegetable oil.
Quality control of all
Fruits and Vegetables exports.
Screening pesticides
I the export.
Quality control and
contribution to the
Malnutrition deficiency remedy.
Increase EU consumer confidence
Ugandan horticultural export products.
Contribute to accessing of foreign
markets.
Increased the foreign earning to GDP.