[4] At that time, the mission of the NDA was to regulate the manufacture, importation, and use of human and veterinary drugs in the country.
The relevant laws transforming NDA into NFDA are before the Ugandan Parliament for promulgation.
[5] The headquarters of the NDA was located at 46-48 Lumumba Avenue but has moved to Rummee Towers, in Kampala Central Division, on Nakasero Hill, in the central business district of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.
[9][10] However, the regulation of food manufacture still remains a core function of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS).
The agency is governed by a 17-person member board, which serves for a four-year renewable term.