G/TBT/N/UGA/1186  
3 February 2020  
(20-0808) Page: 1/2 
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  
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 different 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):  Raw cane 
sugar; Cane sugar (HS 1 70111); Sugar and sugar products (ICS 67.180.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  8:2020, Raw cane sugar – Specification, Second Edition (13 page(s), in English)  
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 a lso notified to the SPS Committee.  
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; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA /234 
2. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
3. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
4. ISO 6579 -1,Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salm onella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
5. ICUMSA Method GS 1/2/3/9 -1, The Determination of Polarisation of Raw Sugar by 
Polarimetry  
6. ICUMSA Method GS 1/3/4/7/8 -13, The Determination of Conductivity Ash in Raw 
Sugar  
7. ICUMSA Method GS 1/3 -7, The Determinat ion of Raw Sugar Solution Colour at 
pH 7.0 
8. ICUMSA Method GS 1/3/7 -3, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in Cane Raw 
Sugar, Lane+Eynon Procedure  G/TBT/N/UGA/1186  
 
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  9. ICUMSA Method GS 1 -5, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in Cane Raw Sugar, 
Luff-Schoorl Procedure  
10. ICUMSA Me thod GS 1 -10, The Determination of Ash in Raw Sugar by Single 
Sulphation  
11. ICUMSA Method GS 1 -16, The Determination of Starch in Raw Sugar by the BSES 
method  
12. ICUMSA method GS 1 -17, The Determination of Starch in Raw Sugar by the SPRI 
Rapid Starch Test  
13. ICUMSA  Method GS 2/1/3/9 -15, The Determination of Sugar Moisture by Loss on 
Drying  
14. ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3 -27, The Determination of Lead in Sugar Products by a 
Colorimetric Method  
15. ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -23, The Determination of Arsenic and Lead in White Sugar, 
Atom ic Adsorption Spectroscopy  
16. ICUMSA Method GS 9/1/2/3 -8, The Determination of Raw Sugar Solution Colour at 
pH 7.0, MOPS Method  
17. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Esche richia coli — Most probable 
number technique  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2020  
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  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/UGA/20_0760_00_e.pdf