G/SPS/N/UGA/99  
 
21 November 2019  
(19-7970) 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):  Food grade aspartame  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or c ountries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 996:2019, Food grade aspartame - 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  22 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_6627_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for food grade aspartame for the food industry.  
Note: This draft 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 international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CXS 192-1995, General Standard for Food Additives  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed r egulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/99  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− AOAC  999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods, 
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after Dry Ashing  
− CODEX STAN 107, General standard for the labelling of food additives when sold as 
such 
− CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
− AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbonate method  
− EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
− CODEX STAN 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
− JECFA specification (2 001): Aspartame monograph  
− IS 13657: 1993 (Reaffirmed in 2003), Aspartame, food grade - Specification  
− Food chemicals codex (5th Edition)  
− EFSA Journal (2013) - Scientific opinion on aspartame  
− JECFA (2006), Analytical methods, test procedures and laboratory s olutions used by 
and referenced in the food additive specifications, Volume 4  
− Uganda Gazette  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  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) : 20 January 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) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug  
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) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug