G/TBT/N/UGA/1127  
6 November 2019  
(19-7515) 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  
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 different 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):  Stingless 
bee honey; Natural honey (HS 0409); Sugar and sugar products (ICS 67.180.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
991:2019, Stingless bee honey — Specification, First Edition. (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for sting less bee honey produced by subfamily Meliponinae 
intended for direct human consumption.  
Note: This draft standard was also notified to the SPS Committee.  
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; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC Official method 985.16 determination of Tin in canned foods — Atomic 
Absorption Spectrophotometric Method  
2. AOAC 920.181 Determination of Ash content of Honey  
3. AOAC Official Method 920.183 Sugars (Reducing) in Honey  
4. AOAC 920.184 Determination of Sucrose in Ho ney 
5. AOAC 958.09 Determination of Diastase Activity  
6. AOAC 962.19 Determination of Acidity (Free, Lactone, and Total)  
7. AOAC 969.38b Determination of Moisture Content  
8. AOAC 980.23 Determination of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) content  
9. AOAC Official Method 983.20 M ercury (Methyl) in Fish and Shellfish Gas 
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  10. AOAC Official method 999.11 Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron 
and Zinc in Foods — Atomic Absorptions Spectrophotometry after dry ashing  
11. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged food -gener al requirement  
12. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drinks manufacturing industry — Code of 
practice  
13. ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for detection and enumeration  
of coliforms — Most probable number technique  
14. ISO 663 4, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of arsenic 
content — Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
15. 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 0,95  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020  
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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/UGA/19_6287_00_e.pdf