G/SPS/N/UGA/62  
 
7 February 2019  
(19-0711) 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): Pickles  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or prac ticable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS DEAS 945:2019, Pickles - Specification, First 
Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 22 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_0746_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and 
method s of sampling and test for pickles intended for human consumption.  
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CODEX STAN 260 -2007, Standard  for Pickled Fruits 
and Vegetables  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation c onform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/UGA/62  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 EAS 38, General standard for labeling of prepackaged foods  
 EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
 ISO 4833 (all parts), Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal methods for the 
enumeration of microorganisms  
 ISO 65 79, Microbiology of food and animal feedingstuffs - Horizontal methods for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
 ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content - 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
 ISO 7251, Micro biology of food and animal feedingstuffs - Horizontal methods for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most Probable Number 
technique  
 ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feedingstuffs - Horizontal methods for 
the enumera tion of yeasts and mouldsI  
 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 di ethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
 ISO 7952, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of copper content 
- Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
 ISO 2447, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of tin  
 Uganda Gaze tte  
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  
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