G/TBT/N/UGA/593  
 
2 November 2016  
(16-6003) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barrie rs 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) : Dairy based beverages . 
Milk and cream, neither concentrated nor co ntaining added sugar nor  other sweetening 
matter  (HS: 0401), Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added s ugar or other 
sweetening matter  (HS: 0402) . Milk and processed milk products (ICS : 67.100.10)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the n otified document : DUS 16 53:2016, 
Dairy Based Beverages – Specification (16 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content : This Draft Uganda standard specifies the requirements and the 
methods of sampling and test for dairy based beverages.  
7. Objective a nd rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Quality requirements ; Protection of human health or safety ; Prevention  of 
deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents : 
1) US 47:2011 Carbonated and non -carbonated s oft drinks  – Specification  
2) GBT 21732 Prepared milk beverage  
3) US 163 Code of hygienic practise for milk and milk products  
4) US CODEX STAN 206 General standard for use of dairy terms  
5) US CODEX STAN 243 Standards for fermented milks  
6) US ISO 5538  Milk and milk prod ucts sampling  
7) US EAS 38 Labelling of pre -packaged foods  – Specification  
8) US 28  Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
9) US 45  General standard for food additives  
10) US EAS 12 Drinking (potable) water – Specification  
11) US 217 -2/EAS 217 -2, Microbiology of foods and animal feeding stuffs  – Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of microorganisms  – Part 2 : Colony count technique at 
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  12) US 217 -4/EAS 217 -4 Microbiology of foods and animal feeding stuffs  – Horizontal 
method for the dete ction and enumeration of coliforms  – Part 4 : Most probable 
number technique  
13) US ISO 6733  Milk and milk products  – Determination of lead content  – Graphite 
furnace atomic absorption spectrometric method  
14) US ISO 6731 Milk and milk products  – Determination of t otal solids content  
15) US ISO 6561 -2 Fruits, vegetables and derived products  – Determination of cadmium 
content  – Part 2 : Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
16) US ISO 6634 Fruits, vegetables and derived products  – Determination of arsenic 
content  – Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
17) US EAS 49 Dried whole milk powder and skimmed milk powder  
18) US EAS 69 Pasteurised milk  
19) US EAS 803 Nutritional labelling  
20) US EAS 804 Claims on food  
21) US EAS 805 Use of nutritional land health claims  
9. Proposed date of adoption : June 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force : Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives   
10. Final date for comments : 4 January 2017  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or  address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body : 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/UGA/16_4562_00_e.pdf