G/SPS/N/UGA/122  
 
3 February 2020  
(20-0779) 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):  Raw cane sugar  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countri es:  
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 8:2020, Raw cane sugar - Specification, 
Second Edition  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/UGA/20_0787_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and methods of test for raw sugar produced from sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum), 
and intended for further processing to make it fit for human consumption".  
Note:  This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
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 int ernational 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) :  
[ ] International 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 t he 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/122  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
− Uganda Gazette,  
− EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Specification,  
− EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice,  
− ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 1/2/3/9 -1, The Determination of Polarisation of Raw Sugar by 
Polarimetry,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 1/3/4/7/8 -13, The Determination of Conductivity Ash in 
Raw Sugar,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 1/3 -7, The Determination of Raw Sugar Solution Colour at 
pH 7.0, 
− ICUMSA Method GS 1/3/7 -3, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in Cane 
Raw Sugar, Lane+Eynon Procedure,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 1 -5, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in Cane Raw Sugar, 
Luff-Schoorl Procedure,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 1 -10, The Determination of Ash in Raw Sugar by Single 
Sulphation,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 1 -16, The Determination o f Starch in Raw Sugar by the 
BSES  method,  
− ICUMSA method GS 1 -17, The Determination of Starch in Raw Sugar by the 
SPRI Rapid Starch Test,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3/9 -15, The Determination of Sugar Moisture by Loss on 
Drying,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3 -27, The Dete rmination of Lead in Sugar Products by a 
Colorimetric Method,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -23, The Determination of Arsenic and Lead in White Sugar, 
Atomic Adsorption Spectroscopy,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 9/1/2/3 -8, The Determination of Raw Sugar Solution Colour at 
pH 7. 0, MOPS Method,  
− ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable number 
technique.  (available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2020  
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) : 3 April 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: http://www.unbs.go.ug  G/SPS/N/UGA/122  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enqu iry 
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: http://www.unbs.go.ug