G/SPS/N/UGA/91  
 
7 November 2019  
(19-7569) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Bee pollen  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 989:2019, Bee pollen - Specification, First 
Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_6310_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for bee pollen intended for human consumption.  
Note: This draft standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/91  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− AOAC Official method 923.03 Ash in flour  
− AOAC Official method 985.16 for determination of Tin in canned foods - Atomic 
absorption spectrophotometric method  
− AOAC 999.11 Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods  
− CAC/GL/50, General guidelines on sampling  
− EAS 38, Labelling of pre-packaged food -general requirement  
− EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drinks manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
− EAS 804, Claims on food - General requirements  
− EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims - Requirements  
− ISO 1666, Starch - Determinatio n of moisture content - Oven-drying method  
− ISO 3947, Starch, native or modified determination of fat content  
− ISO 4833 -1 Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the p our plate technique  
− ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of salmonella  spp 
− ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of arsenic content 
- Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotom etric method  
− ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and 
other species) - Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar medium  
− ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable number 
technique  
− ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for  
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count technique in products 
with water activity less than or equal to 0,95ISO 10520, Native starch - Determination 
of starch content  
− ISO 16634 -2, Food products - Determination of the total nitrogen con tent by 
combustion according to the Dumas principle and calculation of the crude protein 
content - Part 2: Cereals, pulses and milled cereal products  
− Uganda Gazette   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for Trade, 
Industry and Cooperatives.  
[X] Trade fac ilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 6 January 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(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: http://www.unbs.go.ug  G/SPS/N/UGA/91  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (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: http://www.unbs.go.ug