G/TBT/N/UGA/553  
 
2 August 2016  
(16-4138)  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 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Fresh sweet bananas. 
Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried (HS 0803), Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried (HS: 080300). Fruits and derived products (ICS: 67.080.10) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: 
DUS DEAS 892:2016, Fresh sweet banana – Specification (17 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content: This draft Uganda standard specifies requirements and methods 
of sampling and test for fresh sweet banana, of Musa spp, of the family Musaceae; in an unripe or ripe state, to be supplied to the consumer. Bananas intended for cooking only 
(plantains and East Africa highland banana) or industrial processing are excluded. The 
draft standard also contains a list of commonly grown commercial varieties of sweet bananas.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Trade facilitation; Quality requirements; Protection of human health or safety;  Prevention 
of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CODEX STAN 205-1997 AMD 1:2005, Codex standard for bananas 
2. ISO 874, Fresh fruits and vegetables – Sampling  
3. EAS 38, Packaging, marking and labeling of foods  
4. CAC/RCP 53-2003 Code of hygienic practice for fresh fruits and vegetables  
5. ISO 7558:1988, Guide to the prepackaging of fresh fruits and vegetables  
6. ISO 6633:1984 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Determination of lead 
content – Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
7. ISO 17240:2004 Fruit and vegetable products – Determination of tin content – 
Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
8. ISO 7952:1994 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Determination of copper 
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  9. ISO 6636-2:1981 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Determination of zinc 
content – Part 2: Atomic absorption spectrometric method  
10. ISO 17239:2004 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Determination of arsenic 
content – Method using hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry 
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives   
10. Final date for comments: 1 October 2016 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2 016/TBT/UGA/16_3030_00_e.pdf