G/SPS/N/UGA/148  
 
6 April 2021  
(21-2849) 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):  Malted cereal beverages  
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 871:2020, Malted cereal beverages - Specification, 
Second Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  12 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/UGA/21_2474_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test for non -alcoholic malted cereal beverages.  
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) :  
[ ] 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 the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− US ISO 1842, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of pH;  
− US ISO 6634 Fruit, vegetables and derived products - Determination of arsenic 
content - Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method;  G/SPS/N/UGA/148  
 
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  − US ISO 6633, Fruit and vegetables products - Determination of lead content - 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric  method;  
− US ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of mercury 
content - Flameless atomic absorption method;  
− US ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of cadmium 
content - Part 2: Method using flame at omic absorption spectrometry;  
− US 28, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry;  
− US 1659, Materials in contact with food - Requirements for packaging materials;  
− US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements;  
− US EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims - Requirements;  
− US EAS 804, Claims on food - Requirement;  
− US EAS 12, Potable water - Specification;  
− US EAS 104, Alcoholic beverages - Methods of sampling and test;  
− US ISO 4833 -1 Microbiology of t he food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate 
technique;  
− US 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;  
− US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling;  
− US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumpti ve Escherichia coli  - Most probable 
number technique;  
− US ISO 750, Fruit and vegetable products -Determination of titratable acidity;  
− Uganda Gazette.  
(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 June 2021  
Agency or auth ority 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) 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: [  ] Natio nal 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