G/SPS/N/UGA/53  
 
19 December 2018  
(18-8049) Page: 1/2 
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): Paper plates, paper cups  
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 DEAS 932, Paper plates and cups for food 
packaging - Specification, First Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 17 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/UGA/18_6471_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
methods o f sampling and test for paper plates and cups with or without lids used for food 
packaging.  
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 st andard?  
[ ] 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:  
 EAS 880, Waxed paper for packaging of confectionery - Specification  
 ISO 287, Paper and board - Determination of moisture content of a lot  - Oven-drying 
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   ISO 536, Paper and board - Determination of grammage  
 ISO 5628, Paper and board - Determination of bending stiffness - General principles 
for two -point,  three -point and four -point methods  
 ISO 13302, Sensory analysis - Methods for assessing modifications to the flavour of 
foodstuffs due to packaging  
 ISO 216, Writing paper and certain classes of printed matter - Trimmed sizes - A and 
B series, and indicatio n of machine direction  
 ISO 8784 -1, Pulp, paper and board - Microbiological examination - Part 1: Total count 
of bacteria, yeast, mould based on disintegration  
 ISO 13914, Soil quality - Determination of dioxins and furans and dioxin -like 
polychlorinated bip henyls by gas chromatography with high -resolution mass selective 
detection (GC/HRMS)  
 ISO 2758:2014, Paper - Determination of bursting strength  
 ISO 21067, Packaging - Vocabulary  
 ISO 4046 -5, Paper, board, pulps and related terms – Vocabulary - Part 5: Proper ties 
of pulp, paper and board  
 ISO 4046 -4, Paper, board, pulps and related terms – Vocabulary - Part 4: Paper and 
board grades and converted products  
 KS 2799, Paper plates and cups for food packaging - Specification  
 Uganda Gazette   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : March 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) : 17 February 2019  
Agency or authority 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 
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.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 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