G/SPS/N/UGA/60  
 
5 February 2019  
(19-0629) 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): Dark sweet  molasses, Black strap molasses  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS 2121:2019, Dark sweet and Black strap molasses  - 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s): English.  Numb er of pages: 14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_0670_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, test and 
sampling methods for Dark sweet and Black strap molasses intended for direct human 
consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard ?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 CODEX STAN 247 -2005, Gen eral Standard for Fruit Juices a nd Nectars  
 US EAS 819:20 14, Molasses for Industrial use - Specification  
 US 28, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
 US 45, General standard for food additives  G/SPS/N/UGA/60  
 
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   US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed (4th Edition)  
 US 1659, Materials in Contact with Food - Requirements for Packaging materials  
 US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
 US EAS 5, Refined white sugar - Specification  
 US EAS 8, Raw cane sugar - Specification  
 US EAS 12, Potable water - Specification  
 US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
 US EAS 749, Brown sugar - Specification  
 US EAS 770, Fortified sugar - Specification  
 US EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims - Requirements  
 US ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of soluble solids  - 
Refractometric method  
 US ISO 2447, Fruit and vegetable Products - Determination of tin content  
 US ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of  coliforms - Most probable number technique  
 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  
 US ISO 5379:2013, Starches and derived products - Determination of sulphur dioxide 
content, Acid metric method and nephelometric method  
 US ISO 6633, Fruit and vegetables products - Determination of lead content - 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
 US ISO 6634, Fruit, vegetables and derived products - Determination of arsenic 
content - Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
 US ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of mercury 
content - Flameless atomic absorption method  
 US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology o f 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  
 US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding s tuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable 
number technique  
 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  
 Uganda Gazette   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2019  
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.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 6 April 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if ava ilable) of other body:  
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala  
Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug  G/SPS/N/UGA/60  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] 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  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unb s.go.ug