G/SPS/N/UGA/121  
 
3 February 2020  
(20-0778) 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):  Refined white sugar  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or co untries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS EAS 5:2020, Refined white sugar - Specification, 
Second Edition  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/UGA/20_0786_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for refined white sugar intended for industrial use and/or human 
consumption.  
Note:  This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified 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 212 -1999, Standard for Sugars.  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] Internat ional Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation 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/121  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
− Uganda Gazette,  
− EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice,  
− EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Specification,  
− EAS 348, Glossary of terms used in confectionery trade,  
− ISO 4833 -1:2013, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour 
plate technique,  
− ISO 6579 -1: Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.,  
− ISO 21527 -2: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs. Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Colony count techn ique in products with water 
activity less than or equal to 0,95,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3 -27 (1994): The Determination of Lead in Sugar Products by 
a Colorimetric Method,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3/9 -15, The Determination of Sugar Moisture by Loss on 
Drying,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -1, The Braunschweig Method for the Polarisation of White 
Sugar by Polarimetry,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -10, The Determination of White Sugar Solution Colour,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -17, The Determination of Conductivity Ash in Refined  Sugar 
Products,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -23, Arsenic and Lead in White Sugar, Atom. Adsorp. 
Spectroscopy,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -29 (1994): The Determination of Copper in Refined Sugar 
Products by a Colorimetric Method,  
− ICUMSA GS 2/3 -35, The Determination of Su lphite in Brown Sugars,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 2/3/9 -5, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in Purified Sugars 
by the Knight and Allen EDTA Method,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 2/3/9 -19, The Determination of Insoluble Matter in White Sugar 
by Membrane Filtration,  
− ICUMSA Me thod GS 2/3/9 -25 (2007): The Determination of Arsenic in Refined Sugar 
Products by a Colorimetric Method,  
− ICUMSA Method GS 2/9 -6, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in White Sugar by 
Modified Ofner Method,  
− ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feedin g 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 fac ilitating 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/121  
 
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  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) 417 333 250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 414 286 123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug