G/TBT/N/UGA/1025  
 
7 February 2019  
(19-0700) 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 [ X], 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): Fruit 
drinks; Fruits and derived products (ICS 67.080.10), Non -alcoholic beverages 
(ICS 67.160.20).  
5. Title, num ber of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 
DEAS  948:2019, Fruit drinks - Specification, First Edition. (23 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for fruit drinks either as ready to drink or dillutables 
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, 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; Reduci ng trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. US 62, Fruit drinks specification  
2. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
3. Codex STAN I93, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
4. EAS 38, Labelling of pre-packaged foods - General requirements  
5. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
6. EAS 804, Claims on foods - Requirements  
7. EAS 805, Use of nutritional and health claims - Requirements  
8. EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
9. EAS 153, Drinking water - Specification  G/TBT/N/UGA/1025  
 
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  10. Codex Stan 192, Use of nutrition claims - Requirements  
11. ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 2: Colony count at 30 °C by th e surface 
plating  
12. 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  
13. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
14. ISO 763, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
15. ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of solubl e solids - 
Refractometric method  
16. ISO 2448, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of ethanol content  
17. ISO 6636 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of zinc 
content - Part 2: Atomic absorption spectrometric method  
18. ISO 6634, Fruits , vegetables and derived products - Determination of arsenic 
content - Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
19. ISO 7952, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of copper 
content - Method using flame atomic absorption spectr ometry  
20. ISO 6633 Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content 
- Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
21. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of pre sumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable 
number technique  
9. Proposed date of adoption: June 2019.  
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_0726_00_e.pdf