G/SPS/N/UGA/65  
 
7 February 2019  
(19-0714) 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): Fruit drinks  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or  practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS DEAS 948:2019, Fruit drinks - Specification, First 
Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 23 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_0749_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and 
method s of sampling and test for fruit drinks either as ready to drink or di llutables  
containing fruit juice. This standard does not apply to the following categories of products 
for which other standards apply: fruit juices and nectars; and vegetable juices and 
nectars.  
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 propo sed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/UGA/65  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 US 62, Fruit drinks specification  
 CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
 Codex STAN I93, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
 EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
 EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
 EAS 804, Claims on foods - Requirements  
 EAS 805, Use of nutritional and health claims - Requirements  
 EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
 EAS 153, Drinking water - Specification  
 Codex Stan 192, Use o f nutrition claims - Requirements  
 ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of microorganisms - Part 2: Colony count at 30 °C by the surface plating  
 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  
 ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
 ISO 763, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
 ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of soluble solids - 
Refractometric method  
 ISO 2448, Fruit and vegetable products - Determina tion of ethanol content  
 ISO 6636 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of zinc content 
- Part 2: Atomic absorption spectrometric method  
 ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of arsenic content 
- Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
 ISO 7952, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of copper content 
- Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
 ISO 6633 Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lea d content - 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
 ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable number 
technique  
 Uganda Gazette   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 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) : 8 April 2019  
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/65  
 
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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