G/TBT/N/UGA/931/Rev.1  
6 April 2021  
(21-2855) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 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 shal l be indicated if different from above:    
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Non-
alcoholic beverages (excl. water, fruit or vegetable juices, milk and beer) (HS 220299); 
Non-alcoholic beverages (ICS 67.160.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 871:2020, 
Malted cere al beverages — Specification, Second Edition (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test for Non -alcoholic malted cereal beverages  
 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements   
8. Relevant documents:   
1. US ISO 1842, Fruit an d vegetable products — Determination of pH  
2. US ISO 6634 Fruit, vegetables and derived products — Determination of arsenic 
content — Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method.  G/TBT/N/UGA/931/Rev.1  
 
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  3. US ISO 6633, Fruit and vegetables products — Determination of lead c ontent — 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
4. US ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of 
mercury content — Flameless atomic absorption method  
5. US ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of  
cadmium content — Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
6. US 28, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
7. US 1659, Materials in contact with food — Requirements for packaging materials  
8. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
9. US EAS 805: Use of nutrition and health claims — Requirements  
10. US EAS 804, Claims on food — Requirement  
11. US EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
12. US EAS 104, Alcoholic beverages — Methods of sampling and  test 
13. US ISO 4833 -1 Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms – Part 1: Colony count at 30 0C by the pour 
plate technique  
14. US ISO 21527 -1 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for t he enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 1, Colony count 
technique in products with water activity greater than 0.95  
15. US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
16. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the dete ction and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — 
Most probable number technique  
17. US ISO 750, Fruit and vegetable products —Determination of titratable acidity  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 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 or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, 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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