G/TBT/N/UGA/1021  
 
7 February 2019  
(19-0696) 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 juices 
and nectars; Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and 
not containing  added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening 
matter. (HS 2009). Fruits and derived products (ICS 67.080.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DEAS 77 -
1:2019, Fruit juices and nectars - Specification, First Edition. (28 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for fruit juices, nectars, concentrated fruit juices, Fruit juice 
from concentrate, Water ex tracted fruit juice, dehydrated fruit juice, powdered fruit juice, 
Fruit puree and concentrated fruit puree intended for direct human consumption or for 
further processing.  
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. DEAS 77 -1: 2018: Fruit juices and nectars Specification  
2. EAS 38, General standard for labeling of prepackaged foods  
3. EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
4. Codex stan 192, General standard for food additives  
5. EAS 153, Drinking water - Specification  
6. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
7. EAS 804, Claims on food - Requirements  
8. EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims - Requirements  
9. ISO 874, Fresh fruits and vegetables - Sampling  G/TBT/N/UGA/1021  
 
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  10. EAS , Code of hygienic practice for dried fruits  
11. Codex Stan 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in foods ISO 4833 
- 2, Methods for the microbiological examination of foods - Part 2: General 
Guidance for the Enumeration of Micro -Organisms -Colony Count Technique at 
30 °C 
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 gre ater than 0,95 ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and 
animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of 
presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable number technique  
13. ISO 763, Fruits and vegetable products - Determination of ash ins oluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
14. ISO 2448, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of ethanol content  
15. ISO 2172, Fruit juice - Determination of solids content - Pyknometric method  
16. ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of soluble solids - 
Refractometric method  
17. ISO 5522, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of total 
sulphur dioxide content  
18. ISO 5523, Liquid fruit and vegetable products - Determination of sulphur dioxide 
content - (Routine method)  
19. ISO 6636 -2, Fruits, vegetable s and derived products - Determination of zinc 
content - Part 2: Atomic absorption spectrometric method  
20. ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of arsenic 
content - Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
21. ISO 7952,  Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of copper 
content - Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
22. ISO 6633 Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content 
- Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric meth od 
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/2 019/TBT/UGA/19_0722_00_e.pdf