G/TBT/N/UGA/1125  
6 November 2019  
(19-7513) 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 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 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Bee 
pollen; - Other (HS 210690); Sugar and sugar products (ICS 67.180.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language( s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
989:2019, Bee pollen — Specification, First Edition. (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for bee pollen intended for hum an consumption.  
Note: This draft standard was also notified to the SPS Committee.  
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  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC Official method 923.03 Ash in flour  
2. AOAC Official method 985.16 for determination of Tin in canned foods — Atomic 
absorption spectrophotometric method  
3. AOAC 999.11 Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods  
4. CAC/GL/50, General guidelines  on sampling  
5. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged food -general requirement  
6. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drinks manufacturing industry — Code of 
practice  
7. EAS 804, Claims on food — General requirements  
8. EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims — Requiremen ts 
9. ISO 1666, Starch — Determination of moisture content — Oven-drying method  G/TBT/N/UGA/1125  
 
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  10. ISO 3947, Starch, native or modified determination of fat content  
11. ISO 4833 -1 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Col ony count at 30 degrees C by the 
pour plate technique  
12. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of salmonella spp  
13. ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of arsenic 
content — Silver di ethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
14. ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococcus aureus and other species) — Part 2: Technique using rabbit  
plasma fibrinogen agar medium  
15. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
16. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feed ing 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  
17. ISO 10520, Native starch — Determination of starch content  
18. ISO 16634 -2, Food products — Determination of the total nitrogen content by 
combustion according to the Dumas principle and calculation of the crude 
protein content — Part 2: Cereals, pulses and milled cereal products  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020  
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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/UGA/19_6284_00_e.pdf