G/SPS/N/UGA/93  
 
7 November 2019  
(19-7571) 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):  Stingless bee honey  
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 DEAS 991:2019, Stingless bee honey - 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_6312_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for stingless bee honey produced by subfamily Meliponinae 
intended for direct human consumption.  
Note: This draft standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant p rotection, 
[ ] 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 12 -1981,  Standard for Honey  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] Internation al 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/93  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− AOAC Official method 985.16 determination of Tin in canned foods - Atomic 
Absorption Spectrophotometric Method  
− AOAC 920.181 Determination of Ash content of Honey  
− AOAC Official Method 920.183 Sugars (Reducing) in Honey  
− AOAC 920.184 Determination of Sucrose in Honey  
− AOAC 958.09 Determination of Diastase Activity  
− AOAC 962.19 Determination of Acidity (Free, Lactone, and Total)  
− AOAC 969.38b Determination of Moisture Content  
− AOAC 980. 23 Determination of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) content  
− AOAC Official Method 983.20 Mercury (Methyl) in Fish and Shellfish Gas 
Chromatographic Method  
− AOAC Official method 999.11 Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron and Zinc 
in Foods - Atomic Absorp tions Spectrophotometry after dry ashing  
− EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged food -general requirement  
− EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drinks manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
− ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal metho d for 
detection and enumeration  
− of coliforms - Most probable number technique  
− ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of arsenic content 
- Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
− ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food a nd 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  
− Uganda Gazette   
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: [  ] 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) : 6 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  G/SPS/N/UGA/93  
 
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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) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug