G/SPS/N/UGA/5/Rev.1  
 
29 June 2022 
(22-5046) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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):  Plastics and articles thereof (HS code(s): 39); Packaging materials 
and accessories (ICS code(s): 55.040)  
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 1659: 2022, Materials in contact with food — 
Requirements for packaging materials, Second Edition . Language(s):  English . Number 
of pages:  16 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_4386_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard provides requirements for food 
contact surfaces including packaging materials that are intended for that purpose and can 
be expected to come into contact with food under normal or foreseeable conditions of 
use." The standard does not includ e coverings or coatings and substances that are part of 
the food and may be eaten with it such as sausage skin for which other standards apply.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food s afety, [  ] 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 G/SPS/N/UGA/5/Rev.1  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• Uganda Gazette  
• ISO 4531, Vitreous and porcelain enamels — Migration from enamelled ware in contact 
with food — Method of test and permissible limit  
• ISO 6486 -1; Ceramic ware, glass -ceramic ware and glass dinnerware in contact wit h 
food -- Release of lead and cadmium -- Part 1: Test method  
• ISO 7086 -1, Glass hollowware in contact with food — Release of lead and cadmium — 
Part 1: Test method  
• ISO/TS 22002 -4, Prerequisite programs on food safety — Part 4: Food packaging 
manufacturing  
• US 1675, Determination of overall migration of constituents of plastic materials and 
articles intended to come in contact with foodstuffs — method of analysis  
• US 45, General standard for food additives  
• Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 – Materials  and Articles in Contact with Food  
• CFR 21 - Code of Federal Regulations Title 21  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
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) : To be determined.  
[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) : 28 August 2022  
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: https://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: https://www.unbs.go.ug