G/TBT/N/UGA/1916  
14 March 2024  
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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  
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  
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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Tomatoes, 
prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (HS code(s): 2002); 
Vegeta bles and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.080.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   
DUS 890:2023, Dried tomatoes — Specification, Second Edition  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standards was also notified to the SPS Committee.;  (20 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, test 
methods and sampling for dried tomatoes of varieties (cultivars) grown from Lycopersicon 
esculentum Mill. and its hybrids, intended for direct consumption without further 
processing or for use in the food industry.  
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 ; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/229  
2. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  G/TBT/N/UGA/1916  
 
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  3. US EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
4. US 45, General standard for food additives  
5. US ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 C by the pour plate 
technique  
6. US EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
7. US EAS 805 , Use of nutrition and health claims - Requirements  
8. US 640, Dried fruits and vegetables -Code of practice for production, handling 
and processing  
9. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
10. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and an imal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
11. 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  
12. US 890: 2011, Dried tomatoes — Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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:   
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  
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