G/SPS/N/UGA/140  
 
7 December 2020  
(20-8785) 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):  Cocoa powder, cocoa powder mixture  
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 1031:2020, Cocoa powder and cocoa 
powder mixture - Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of 
pages:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/UGA/20_7491_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for cocoa powder and cocoa powder mixtures intended for 
human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or  related text) : CXS 105 -1981, Standard for cocoa powders (cocoas) 
and dry mixtures of cocoa and sugars  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Conv ention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/140  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− Uganda Gazette;  
− DEAS 1030, Cocoa beans - Specification;  
− EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements;  
− EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice;  
− Codex Stan 192, General standard for food additive;  
− ISO 1577, Determination of acid -insoluble ash;  
− ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products - Determination of ash yield by 
incineration;  
− ISO 2292, Cocoa beans - Sampling;  
− ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30  °C by the pour plate technique;  
− ISO 5498, Agricultural food products - Determination of crude fibre content - General 
method;  
− ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp. - 
Amendment 1: Broader range of incubation temperatures, amendment to the status 
of Annex D, and correctio n of the composition of MSRV and SC;  
− ISO 7305, Milled cereal products - Determination of fat acidity;  
− ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs - Determination 
of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method;  
− ISO 15141, Cereals and cereal products - Determination of ochratoxin A - High 
performance liquid chromatographic method with immunoaffinity column cleanup and 
fluorescence detection;  
− ISO 16050, Foodstuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total cont ent of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products - High-performance 
liquid chromatographic method;  
− ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli  - Part 2: Colony -count 
technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide;  
− ISO 17239, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of arsenic content 
- Method using hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry;  
− 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; 
− AOAC 931.04, Loss on drying (moisture) in cacao products - Gravimetric method;  
− AOAC 970.21, PH of cacao products. Potentiometric method;  
− AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods, 
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after Dry Ashing.  
(available in E nglish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2021  
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 facilitating measure   G/SPS/N/UGA/140  
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 5 February 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if av ailable) 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  
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: https://www.unbs.go.ug