G/TBT/N/ UGA/1000  
 
26 November 2018  
(18-7409) 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 [  ], 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): Edible 
Sugarcane ; Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, 
chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; f ruit stones and kernels and other 
vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety Cichorium intybus 
sativum) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or 
included. (HS 1212).  
5. Title, number of pages and  language(s) of the notified document: DUS 2029:2018, 
Edible Sugarcane - Specification, First Edition. (12 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, method 
of testing and sampling of edible sug arcane 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; 
Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. 971.21, Mercury in food by flame atomic absorption spectroscopy (FAAS)  
2. 986.15, Arsenic, cadmium, lead, selenium, and zinc in human and pet foods by 
atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS)  
3. US 28 EAS  39, Code of practices for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
4. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed 
(5th Edition)  
5. US 1659, Materials in contact with food - Requirements for packaging materials  
6. US CAC/GL 50,  General guidelines on sampling  
7. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  G/TBT/N/UGA/1000  
 
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  8. US ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of coliforms - Most probable number techniqu e 
9. 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  
10. US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the e numeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus 
aureus and other species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
11. 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  
12. US ISO 21527, 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 greate r than 0.95  
13. Sugar cane production guideline, 2014, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and 
Fisheries, South Africa  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 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/2018/TBT/UGA/18_6067_00_e.pdf