G/TBT/N/UGA/929  
 
10 October 2018  
(18-6272) 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): Fermented 
non-alcoholic cereal beverages; Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, 
mead); mixtures of  fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non -
alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included. (HS 2206). Non -alcoholic 
beverages (ICS 67.160.20).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 872:2018 , 
Fermented (non -alcoholic) cereal beverages - Specification, Second edition (12 page(s), in 
English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and methods 
of sampling and test for fermented (non -alcoholic) cereal beve rages  
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; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/125  
2. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
3. US 28/EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industries  
4. US 45, General standard for food additives  
5. US EAS 12, Potable water - Specification  
6. US EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
7. US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
8. US EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims - Requirements  
9. US ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the G/TBT/N/UGA/929  
 
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  enumeration of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 300 C by the pour plate 
technique  
10. US ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumera tion and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp  
11. 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 acti vity greater than 0.95  
12. 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  
13. US ISO 750, Fruit and vegetable products -Determinatio n of titratable acidity  
14. US EAS 104, Alcoholic beverages - Methods of sampling and tes  
15. US 872 Fermented (non -alcoholic) cereal beverages - Specification - First edition  
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 address es, if available, of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/UGA/18_5296_00_e.pdf