G/TBT/N/UGA/1314  
27 April 2021  
(21-3553) Page: 1/3 
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  
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 shall be indicated if dif ferent 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):  
Dried  vegetables and herbs; Dried vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, whole, cut, 
sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (excl. onions, mushrooms and 
truffles, not mixed) (HS 071290); Vegetables and derived products (ICS 67.0 80.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 889:2021, 
Dried vegetables and herbs for use — Specification, Second Edition (24 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Uganda standard specifies requirements, s ampling and 
test methods for dried vegetables and herbs offered for direct consumption or further 
processing, including for catering purposes or for repackaging if required.  This draft 
standard does not apply to dried vegetables and herbs for which specifi c standards have 
been declared.  
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  G/TBT/N/UGA/1314  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. US 45, General standard for food additives  
2. US 640, Code of practice for the production, handling and processing of solar 
dried fruits  
3. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in foods  
4. AOAC 934.06, Determination of the moisture content for dried fruits  
5. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
6. US EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
7. US 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 
pour plate technique  
8. US ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count techniq ue 
9. US EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
10. US EAS 804, Claims on food — Requirements  
11. US EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims — Requirements  
12. US ISO 763, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
13. US ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of 
cadmium content - Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
14. US ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of 
cadmium content - Part 2 : Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
15. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
16. US ISO 21527 -2, Microbiol ogy 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  
17. US 889:2011, Dried vegetables and herbs for use — Specification  
18. DKS 435:2018, Dehydrated vegetables — Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 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  G/TBT/N/UGA/1314  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, 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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