Brookside Limited has scooped the East African Community quality award in the product of the year category for ‘Dairy best’ but also emerged first runner up as the best company of the year.
The EAC regional quality award competition is spearheaded by the East African Community Secretariat and coordinated by the secretariat in collaboration with the East African Business Council (EABC).
These awards are aimed at cultivating quality culture across all sectors of the economy within the EAC region.
This prestigious award builds upon the success of national quality recognition programs, with winners of national quality awards from each partner state competing at the regional level.
The award is designed to be an annual event implemented initially among the six partner states of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Sudan, and Uganda with Democratic Republic of Congo and Federal Republic of Somalia as observer.
While receiving the award, Benson Mwangi General Manager Brookside Limited said,”Brookside Limited is committed to quality along the entire value chain, right from the farm to the products we deliver to our customers. We believe that good quality milk products are made from good quality milk. To this end, we have invested in stringent milk testing procedures both upstream and downstream along the entire value chain to ensure that we use high quality milk in all our products.”
He said Brookside Limited has invested in robust research that guides innovative product advancement in terms of quality and meeting the advancing consumer needs, tastes and preferences.
Brookside products are certified by ISO, Uganda National Bureau of Standards and Uganda Halal Bureau.