G/TBT/N/UGA/1270  
8 December 2020  
(20-8804) 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  
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 dif ferent from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):  Chocolate, 
Chocolate products; Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa (HS 1806); 
Chocolate (ICS 67.190)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  1033:2020, Chocolate and chocolate products — Specification, First Edition 
(15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and 
test methods for chocolate and  chocolate products for human consumption.  
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  G/TBT/N/UGA/1270  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/377  
2. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements.  
3. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
4. AOAC 963.15, Fat in Cacao Products  
5. AOAC 931.05, Cacao Mass (Fat-Free) of Chocolate Liquor  
6. AOAC 945.34, Fat (Milk) in Milk Chocolate  
7. AOAC 920.80, Milk Fat in Milk Chocolate  
8. AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in Foods — Atomic 
Absorption Spectrophotometry after Microwave Digestion  
9. AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods  
10. AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in Food  
11. AOAC 986.15, Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Selenium, and Zinc in Human and Pet 
Foods  
12. CODEX STAN 234, Methods of Analysis and Sampling  
13. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
14. ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Escherichia coli O157  
15. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotypin g of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
16. ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 1: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity greater than 0, 95 
17. 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  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2021  
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:   
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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