G/TBT/N/UGA/1020  
 
5 February 2019  
(19-0625) 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): Dark 
sweet molasses, Black strap molasses; Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining 
of sugar. (HS 1703).  Sugar and sugar products (ICS 67.180.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 2121:2019, 
Dark sweet and Black strap molasses - Specification, First Edition. (14 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This D raft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, test and 
sampling methods for Dark sweet and Black strap molasses intended for direct human 
consumption.  
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  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CODEX STAN 247 -2005, General Standard for Fruit Juices And Nectars.  
2. US EAS 819:2014, Molasses for Industrial use - Specification  
3. US 28, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
4. US 45, General standard for food additives  
5. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed 
(4th Edition)  
6. US 1659, Materials in Contact with Food - Requirements for Packaging materials  
7. US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
8. US EAS 5, Refined white sugar - Specification  
9. US EAS 8, Raw cane sugar - Specification  
10. US EAS 12, Potable water - Specification  G/TBT/N/UGA/1020  
 
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  11. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
12. US EAS 749, Brown sugar - Specification  
13. US EAS 770, Fortified sugar - Specification  
14. US EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims - Requirements  
15. US ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetable products - Determi nation of soluble solids - 
Refractometric method  
16. US ISO 2447, Fruit and vegetable Products - Determination of tin content  
17. US ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of coliforms - Most probable number technique  
18. 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  
19. US ISO 5379:2013, Starches and derived products - Determination of sulphur 
dioxide content, Acid metric method and nephelometric method  
20. US ISO 6633, Fruit and vegetables products - Determination of lead content - 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
21. US ISO 6634, Fruit, vegetables and derived products - Determi nation of arsenic 
content - Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
22. US ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of mercury 
content - Flameless atomic absorption method  
23. US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus 
aureus and other species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
24. 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  
25. US 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 greater than 0.95  
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/2019/TBT/UGA/19_0669_00_e.pdf