G/SPS/N/UGA/63  
 
7 February 2019  
(19-0712) 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): Dried mango  
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 946:2019, Dried mango - Specification, 
Third Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 24 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_0747_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for dried mangoes from Mangifera indica  intended for direct 
human consumption or for other use in the food industry.  
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 standard?  
[ ] 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 av ailable:  
 AOAC 999.11, Determination of lead, iron, copper and zinc in food  
 EAS 38, General standard for labeling of prepackaged foods  
 EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  G/SPS/N/UGA/63  
 
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   ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1: Colony count technique in products 
with water activity greater than 0.95  
 ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enume ration of coliforms -- Colony -count technique  
 ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and 
other species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
 ISO 6579, Microbiology o f food and animal feedingstuffs - Horizontal methods for the 
detection of Salmonella  spp. 
 ISO 6636 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of zinc content 
- Part 2: Atomic absorption spectrometri c method  
 ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of arsenic content 
- Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
 ISO 21872, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection of 
potentially enteropat hogenic Vibrio  parahaemolyticus , Vibrio cholerae  and Vibrio 
vulnificus  
 ISO 7952, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of copper content 
- Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
 ISO 2447, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of tin  
 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  
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 available) of other body:  
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Bus iness 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