G/SPS/N/UGA/57  
 
4 January 2019  
(19-0012) Page: 1/2 
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): Toffee  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or pract icable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS DEAS 351:2018, Toffee - Specification, First 
Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 11 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_0021_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for toffee.  
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:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international s tandard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 EAS 12 Potable water - Specification  
 EAS 38 Labeling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
 EAS 39 Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of Practice  
 EAS 348 Glossary of terms used in confectionery trade  G/SPS/N/UGA/57  
 
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   ISO 5377:1981 Starch hydrolysis products - Determination of reducing power and 
dextrose equivalent  
 ISO 5809:1982 Starches and derived products - Determination of sulphated ash  
 ISO 8968 -1:2014 (IDF 20 -1:2014) Milk and milk products - Determination of nitrogen 
content - Part 1: Kjeldahl principle and crude protein calculation  
 ISO 4832 Horizontal method for the detection and enumera tion of Coliforms  
 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 Horizontal method for the enumeration of viable osmophilic yeasts  and 
xerophilic moulds in products intended for human  
 AOAC 986.15 Official Method Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Selenium, and Zinc in Human 
and Pet Foods  
 Uganda Gazette  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : March 2019  
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 facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 5 March 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail add ress 
(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  
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