G/SPS/N/UGA/58  
 
4 January 2019  
(19-0013) 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): Chewing gum  
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 352:2018, Chewing gum  - Specification, 
First Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_0022_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for chewing gum.  
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 inte rnational 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 standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
inter national standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 EAS 12 Potable water - Specification  
 EAS 39 Hygiene for food a nd drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
 EAS 38 Labelling of pre -packaged foods  - Specification  
 EAS 805 Use of nutrition and health claims  - Requirements  G/SPS/N/UGA/58  
 
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   ICUMSA GS 4/7/8/5 -2 Determination of sucrose by gas chromatography in molasses 
and factory products - official; and cane juice  - Tentative  
 ICUMSA GS 4/3 -7 Determination of total reduci ng sugars in molasses and refined 
syrups after hydrolysis by the lane and Eynon constant volume procedure - Official 
(Reference method)  
 ISO 53 79 Starches and derived product - Determination of sulphur dioxide content - 
Acidimetric method and nephelometric method  
 ISO 5809 Starches and derived products - Determination of sulphated ash  
 ISO 6579 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella  spp. 
 ISO 7251 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horinz ontal method for 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia Coli  - Most probable number 
technique  
 ISO 21527 -2 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horinzontal  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  
 ISO 5377: 1981 Starch hydrolysis products - Determination of reducing power and 
dextrose equivalent  
 ISO 5809:1982 S tarches and derived products  - Determination of sulphated ash  
 ISO 8968 -1:2014 (IDF 20 -1:2014) Milk and milk products  - Determination of nitrogen 
content - Part 1: Kjeldahl principle and crude protein calculation  
 ISO 4832 Horizontal method for the detection  and enumeration of Coliforms  
 ISO 6579 -1 Microbiology of the food chain  - Horizontal method for the detecti on, 
enumeration and serotyping o f Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp. 
 ISO 21527 -2 Horizontal method for the enumeration of viable osmop hilic yeasts and 
xerophilic moulds in products intended for human  
 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) : 5 March 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  G/SPS/N/UGA/58  
 
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  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