G/TBT/N/UGA/918  
 
27 August 2018  
(18-5359) 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): Icing sugar; 
Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS 17), Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, 
lactose, maltose , glucose and fructose; sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and 
their salts, other than products of heading 29.37, 29.38 or 29.39. (HS 2940). Sugar. Sugar 
products. Starch (ICS 67.180).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified d ocument: DUS 365: 2018, 
Powdered (icing) sugar - Specification, Second Edition. (14 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies, requirements, method of 
test and sampling for white powdered (icing) sugar intended for use in toppings, icings and 
other sugar content bakery products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protecti on of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC Official Method 967.26 Salmonella in Processed Foods Detection  
2. ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -1,The Braunschweig Method for the Polarisation of White 
Sugar by Polarimetry  
3. ICUMSA Method GS 2/9 -6, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in White Sugar 
by Modified Ofner Method  
4. ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3/9 -15, The Determination of Sugar Moisture by Loss on 
Drying  
5. ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -10, The Determination of White Sugar Solution Colour  
6. ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -17, The Determination of Conductivity Ash in Refined 
Sugar Products  
7. ICUMSA Method GS 2/3/9 -5, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in Purified 
Sugars by the Knight and Allen EDTA Met hod G/TBT/N/UGA/918  
 
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  8. ICUMSA Method GS 2/3/9 -19, The Determination of Insoluble Matter in White 
Sugar by Membrane Filtration  
9. US 28, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
10. US 45, General standard for food additives  
11. US 1659, Materials in con tact with food - Requirements for packaging materials  
12. US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
13. US EAS 5, Refined white sugar - Specification  
14. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
15. US ISO 2447, Fruit and vegetable Products - Determination of tin content  
16. US ISO 6633, Fruit and vegetables products - Determination of lead content - 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
17. US ISO 6634, Fruit, vegetables and derived products - Determination of arsenic 
content - Silver diethy ldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
18. US ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of mercury 
content - Flameless atomic absorption method  
19. US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeds - Horizontal method for 
enumeration  of Coagulase - positive staphylococci. (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species), Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
20. US ISO 21527 -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  
21. US ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate 
technique  
22. US ISO  4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of coliforms - Most probable number technique  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2018  
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 availabl e, of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/UGA/18_4568_00_e.pdf