G/SPS/N/UGA/143  
 
7 December 2020  
(20-8783) Page: 1/2 
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):  Chocolate, chocolate products  
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 1033:2020, Chocolate and chocolate 
products - Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/UGA/20_7494_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and 
test methods for chocolate and  chocolate products for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/pl ant 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 8 7-1981, Standard for Chocolate and Chocolate 
Products  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are availab le:  
− Uganda Gazette,  
− EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements;  
− EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice;  G/SPS/N/UGA/143  
 
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  − AOAC 963.15, Fat in Cacao Products;  
− AOAC 931.05, Cacao Mass (Fat -Free) of Chocolate Liquor;  
− AOAC 945.34, Fat (Milk) in Milk Chocolate;  
− AOAC 920.80, Milk Fat in Milk Chocolate;  
− AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in Foods - Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry after Microwave Digestion;  
− AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods;  
− AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in Food;  
− AOAC 986.15, Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Selenium, and Zinc in Human and Pet Foods;  
− CODEX STAN 234, Methods of Analysis and Sampling;  
− CODEX STAN 192, General standar d for food additives;  
− ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection of Escherichia coli  O157;  
− ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp.; 
− ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1: Colony count technique in products 
with water activity greater than 0.95;  
− 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.  
(available in English)  
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   
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 available) of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Ug anda 
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