G/SPS/N/UGA/61  
 
7 February 2019  
(19-0710) 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): Fruit juices and nectars  
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 77 -1:2019, Fruit juices and nectars - 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 28 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_0745_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and 
methods of  sampling and test for fruit juices, nectars, concentrated fruit juices, fruit juice 
from concentrate, water extracted fruit juice, dehydrated fruit juice, powdered fruit juice, 
fruit puree and concentrated fruit puree intended for direct human consumption  or for 
further processing.  
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 247 -2005, General Standard for Fruit 
Juices and Nectars  
[ ] 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 relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/UGA/61  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 DEAS 77 -1: 2018: Fruit juices and nectars Specification  
 EAS 38, General standard for labeling of prepackaged foods  
 EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
 Codex stan 192, General standard for food additives  
 EAS 153, Drinking water - Specification  
 EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
 EAS 804,  Claims on food  - Requirements  
 EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims  - Requirements  
 ISO 874, Fresh fruits and vegetables - Sampling  
 EAS, Code of hygienic practice for dried fruits  
 Codex Stan 193, General standard for c ontaminants and toxins in foods  
 ISO 4833 -2, Methods for the micro biological examination of foods - Part 2: General 
Guidance for the Enumeration of Micro -Organisms -Colony Count Technique at 30 °C  
 ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enume ration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1: Colony count technique in products 
with water activity greater than 0. 95 
 ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs  - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable number 
technique  
 ISO 763, Fruits and vegetable products  - Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
 ISO 2448, Fruit and vegetable products  - Determination of ethanol content  
 ISO 2172, Fruit juice - Determination of solids content  - Pyknometric method  
 ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetable products  - Determination of soluble solids  - 
Refractometric method  
 ISO 5522, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of total sulphur 
dioxide content  
 ISO 5523, Liquid fruit and vegetable p roducts - Determination of sulphur dioxide 
content - (Routine method)  
 ISO 6636 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of zinc content 
- Part 2: Atomic absorption spectrometric method  
 ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of arsenic content 
- Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
 ISO 7952, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of copper content 
- Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
 ISO 6633 Fruits, vegetables an d derived products - Determination of lead content - 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
 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  G/SPS/N/UGA/61  
 
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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) : 8 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  
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