G/SPS/N/UGA/16  
 
13 June 2018  
(18-3670) Page: 1/3 
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): Nectars  
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 818: 2018, Fruit juices and nectars - Specification, 
2nd edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 22 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/UGA/18_3037_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and methods 
of sampling and testing for fruits juices, nectars and concentrated fruit juices intended for 
direct human consumption or for further processing.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from a nimal/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 247 -2005, General Standard for Fruit 
Juices and Nectars  
[ ] 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 conform 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/16  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which thes e are available:  
 Uganda  Gazette ; 
 US 818:2009, Fruit juices  and nectars  – Specification ; 
 US 19  CS 139:1993 Standard specification for concentrated pineapple juice with 
preservatives for manufacturing ; 
 US 23 CS 47:1993 Standard specification for lemon juice preserved exclusively by 
physical means ; 
 US 25 CS 85 Standard specification for pineapple juice preserved exclusively by 
physical means ; 
 US 26 CS 138:1993 Standard specification for pineapple juice concentrate (preserved 
exclusively by physical means ; 
 US 56:2000 Standard specification for orange juice preserved exclusively by physical 
means ; 
 US 58:2000 Standard specification for black currant juice (preserved exclusively by 
physical means) ; 
 US 59:2000 Standard specification for black currant concentrate (pr eserved exclusively 
by physical means) ; 
 US 62 -1:1999 Specification for fruit drinks - Part 1: Fruit juice drinks ; 
 US 62 -2:1999 Standard specification for fruit drinks - Part 2: Comminuted fruit drinks ; 
 US EAS 66 -2:2000 Tomato products - Specification - Part 2: Tomato juice ; 
 US EAS 66 -3: 2000 Tomato products - Specification - Part 3: Tomato concentrates 
(puree and paste) ; 
 US EAS 38, General standard for labeling of prepackaged foods ; 
 US EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufactur ing industry ; 
 US 45, General standard for food additives ; 
 US 201, Drinking (Potable) water - Specification ; 
 US EAS 803, Nutrition labelling – Requirements ; 
 US EAS 804, Claims on food – Requirements ; 
 US EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims – Requirem ents; 
 US ISO 874, Fresh fruits and vegetables - Sampling ; 
 US 570, Code of hygienic practice for dried fruits US 738, General standard for 
contaminants and toxins in foods ; 
 US 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 ; 
 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 pr oducts with 
water activity greater than 0,95 ; 
 US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable number 
technique ; 
 US ISO 763, Fruits and vegetab le products - Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid ; 
 US ISO 2448, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of ethanol content ; 
 US ISO 2172, Fruit juice - Determination of solids content - Pyknometric method ; 
 US ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetab le products - Determination of soluble solids - 
Refractometric method ; 
 US ISO 5522, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of total sulphur 
dioxide content ; 
 US ISO 5523, Liquid fruit and vegetable products - Determinat ion of sulphur dioxide 
content - (Routine method) . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2018  
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.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  G/SPS/N/UGA/16  
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 12 August 2018  
Agency or author ity 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  
E-mail: info@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 N ational Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Email: info@unbs.go.ug