G/SPS/N/UGA/133  
 
22 October 2020  
(20-7306) 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):  Fruit chutney, vegetable chutney  
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 2253:2020, Fruit and vegetable chutney - 
Specification, Second Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/UGA/20_6326_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for fruit and/or vegetable chutney offered for direct 
consumption, including for catering purposes. It does not apply to the product when 
indicated as being intended for furt her processing.  
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:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] Intern ational Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/133  
 
- 2 - 
 
  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
− Uganda Gazette,  
− The food products order: 1995, Food safety and standards,  
− Fruits and Vegetable Chutney, March 21, 2013,  
− IS 3500:1966, Specification for mango chutney,  
− CXS 160 -1987:2019 (amendment), Standard for mango chutney,  
− US 49:2000, Mango chutney - Specification,  
− CXS 160 -1987, Draft revision to the standard for mango chutney (At Step 5/8),  
− AOAC Official Method 999.11, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods 
Atomic  Absorption,  
− ISO 3310 (all parts), Test sieves - Technical requirements and testing,  
− US ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of micro -organisms -Part 1: Colony -count at 30 °C - Pour plate technique,  
− US 45, General standard for food additives,  
− US 1659. Materials in contact with food - Requirements for packaging materials,  
− US EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry,  
− US EAS 35,  Fortified food grade salt - Specification,  
− US ISO 763, Fruit and Vegetable Products - Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid,  
− US ISO 874, Fresh fruits and vegetables - Sampling US ISO 1842, Fruit and vegetable 
products - Determination of pH,  
− US ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of soluble solids - 
Refractometric method,  
− US ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmon ella spp, 
− 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,  
− US 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) : January 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 fac ilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 21 December 2020  
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, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 417 333 250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 414 286 123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug   
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  G/SPS/N/UGA/133  
 
- 3 - 
 
  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) 417 333 250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 414 286 123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug   
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug