G/TBT/N/UGA/1374  
30 August 2021  
(21-6475) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UGANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if dif ferent from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Ready to 
Drink Alcoholic beverages; Ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of < 80% vol, not 
denatured; spirits and other spirituous beverages (excl. compound alcoholic preparations 
of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages, spirits obta ined by distilling grape wine 
or grape marc, whiskies, rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar -
cane products, gin, geneva, vodka, liqueurs and cordials) (HS 220890); Alcoholic 
beverages (ICS 67.160.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and la nguage(s) of the notified document:  DUS 1598:2021, 
Alcoholic beverages —Ready to Drink (RTD) — Specification, Second Edition Note: This 
Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the SPS Committee. (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for Ready to Drink alcoholic beverages (RTD).  This standard 
does not apply to the following categories of products for which other standards apply: 
Spirits, Wines, Liqueurs, Beers,  Malt beverages, Cider and Perry, Mead, Distilled spirituous 
beverages  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protec tion of human health or safety; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/UGA/1374  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/469  
2. CAC/GL 66, Guidelines for use of flavourings  
3. CAC/MRL 2, Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and Risk Management 
Recommendations (RMRs) for residues of veterinary drugs in foods  
4. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
5. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorga nisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 C by the pour plate 
technique  
6. US 216 -1, Carbon dioxide for use in the manufacture of beverages – part 1: 
Specifications  
7. US 217 -1/EAS 217 -1, Methods for the microbiological examination of foods — 
Part 1: General procedures  and techniques  
8. US 28, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
9. US 45, General Standard for food additives  
10. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
11. US 1659, Materials in contact with food - Requirements for packaging materials  
12. US EAS 104, Alcoholic beverages — Methods of sampling and test  
13. US EAS 109, Potable spirit – Specification  
14. US EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
15. US EAS 144, Neutral spirit – Specification  
16. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  October 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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