G/SPS/N/UGA/75  
 
2 April 2019  
(19-2064) 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): Country wine  
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 2131:2019, Country wine - Specification, First 
Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 12 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_1843_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This draft Uganda standard specifies requirements and methods 
of sampling and test for country wines.  
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 t he 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
− US ISO 5523, Liquid fruit and vegetable products - Determination of sulphur dioxide 
content (Routine method)  
− US 28, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  G/SPS/N/UGA/75  
 
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  − US ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
− US ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumer ation of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate 
technique  
− US 45, General standard for food additives  
− AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods 
Atomic absorption Spectrophotometry after microwa ve Digestion  
− US EAS 104, Alcoholic beverages - Methods of sampling and test  
− DMS 178: 2016, Country wines - Specification  
− US EAS 138: 2017, Still table wine - Specification  
− Uganda Gazette   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 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.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 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  
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