G/TBT/N/UGA/544  
 
29 July 2016  
(16-4070)  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): Tomato products, 
canned tomatoes. Tomatoes prepar ed or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid 
(HS: 2002). Fruits, vegetables and derive d products in general (ICS: 67.080.01) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DEAS 66-
1:2016, Tomato products – Specification – Part 1: Canned tomatoes (16 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content: This draft Uganda standard specifies the requirements for canned 
(preserved) tomatoes.  
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. AOAC 968.30, Canned vegetables – Drained weight procedure 
2. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives 
3. ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Determination of lead content – 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method 
4. ISO 17240:2004 Fruit and vegetable products – Determination of tin content – 
Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry 
5. ISO 7952:1994 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Determination of copper 
content – Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry 
6. ISO 6636-2:1981 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Determination of zinc 
content – Part 2: Atomic absorption spectrometric method 
7. ISO 17239:2004 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Determination of arsenic 
content – Method using hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry 
8. ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Determination of lead content – 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method 
9. ISO 4833 (all parts), Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal methods for the 
enumeration of microorganisms 
10. ISO 21527-1, Microbiology of food and animal feedingstuffs – Horizontal methods for 
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  11. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal  feedingstuffs – Horizontal methods for 
the detection and enumeration of presumpt ive Escherichia coli – Most Probable 
Number technique 
12. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal  feedingstuffs – Horizontal methods for 
the detection of Salmonella spp. 
13. EAS 38, Packaging, marking and labelling of foods  
14. EAS 39, General principles of food hygiene – Code of practice 
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as mandat ory 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_3021_00_e.pdf