G/SPS/N/UGA/27  
 
10 August 2018  
(18-5069) 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): Ginger  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or pract icable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS DEAS 916:2018, Ginger - Specification, Second 
Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 17 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/UGA/18_4305_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and 
method s of sampling and test for dried ginger, of the species Zingiber officinale Roscoe, 
whole, in pieces and ground.  
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CODEX STAN 218 -1999, Standard for Ginger  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the r elevant international standard?  
[X] 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:  
Uganda Gazette : 
- CODEX STAN 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed;  
- EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Specification;  G/SPS/N/UGA/27  
 
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  - EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink industry - Code of practice;  
- EAS 99, Spices and condiments - Terminology;  
- ISO 927, Spices and condiments - Determination of extraneous matter and foreign 
matter content;  
- ISO 928, Spices and condiments - Determination of total ash;  
- ISO 930, Spices and condiments - Determination of acid insoluble ash;  
- ISO 939, Spices and condiments - Determ ination of moisture content Entrainment 
method;  
- ISO 948, Spices and condiments - Sampling;  
- ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
micro -organisms - Part 1: Colony -count at 30 degrees C - Pour plate technique;  
- SO 6571, Spices and condiments - Determination of volatile oil content (hydro 
distillation method);  
- ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Part 6: Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.;  
- ISO 7251, Microb iology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable number 
technique;  
- ISO 7954, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - General guidance for 
enumeration o f yeasts and moulds - Part 8: Colony count technique at 25 degrees C;  
- ISO 16050, Foodstuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2018  
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) : 9 October 2018  
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) 417 333 250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 414 286 123  
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) 417 333 250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 414 286 123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug/