G/TBT/N/UGA/1002  
 
3 December 2018  
(18-7609) 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): Vegetable 
juices ; Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not 
containing added spirit, whether or not contai ning added sugar or other sweetening 
matter. (HS 2009). Vegetables and derived products (ICS 67.080.20).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 2092:2018, 
Vegetable juices - Specification, First Edition. (12 page(s), in En glish)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for vegetable juices. It does not apply to vegetable juices for which 
specific Standards exist.  
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  
8. Relevant documents :  
1. US EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
2. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
3. US 45, General standard for food additives  
4. US EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
5. US EAS  804, Claims on foods - Requirements  
6. US EAS 805, Use of nutritional and health claims - Requirements  
7. US ISO 2448, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of ethanol content  
8. US ISO 763, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
9. US ISO 2172, Fruit juice - Determination of soluble solids content - Pycnometric 
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  10. US ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of soluble solids - 
Refractometric method  
11. US ISO 1842, Fruit and vegetable products - Determi nation of pH  
12. US ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus 
aureus and other species) - Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
13. US ISO 21 527-2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding 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  
14. US ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 2: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the 
surface plating technique  
15. CODEX STAN 179 -1991, General standard for vegetable juices  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Mach 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 webs ite addresses, if available, of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/UGA/18_6167_00_e.pdf