G/SPS/N/UGA/36  
 
23 August 2018  
(18-5308) 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): Icing sugar  
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 365:2018, Powdered (icing) sugar - Specification, 
Second Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/UGA/18_4569_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies, requirements, method of 
test and sampling for white powdered (icing) sugar intended for use in toppings, icings and 
other sugar content bakery products.  
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 212-1999, Standard for Sugars  
[ ] 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 confor m to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/UGA/36  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Uganda Gazette:  
 AOAC Official Method 967.26 Salmonella in Processed Foods Detection;  
 ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -1, The Braunschweig Method for the Polarisation of White 
Sugar by Polarimetry;  
 ICUMSA Method GS 2/9 -6, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in White Sugar by 
Modified Ofne r Method;  
 ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3/9 -15, The Determination of Sugar Moisture by Loss on 
Drying;  
 ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -10, The Determination of White Sugar Solution Colour;  
 ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -17, The Determination of Conductivity Ash in Refined Sugar 
Product s; 
 ICUMSA Method GS 2/3/9 -5, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in Purified Sugars 
by the Knight and Allen EDTA Method;  
 ICUMSA Method GS 2/3/9 -19, The Determination of Insoluble Matter in White Sugar by 
Membrane Filtration;  
 US 28, Code of practice for hy giene in the food and drink manufacturing industry;  
 US 45, General standard for food additives;  
 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 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements;  
 US ISO 2447, Fruit and vegetable Products - Determination of tin content;  
 US ISO 6633, Fruit and vegetables products - Determination of lead content - 
Flameless atomic absorpti on 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 
conte nt - Flameless atomic absorption method;  
 US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeds - Horizontal method for 
enumeration of Coagulase - positive staphylococci. ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species), Detection and MPN technique for low numbers;  
 US ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count technique in products 
with water activity less than or equal to 0.95;  
 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 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of coliforms - Most probable number technique.   
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 d eclaration as mandatory by the Minister for Trade, Industry and 
Cooperatives.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  G/SPS/N/UGA/36  
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 22 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 Industria l 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