G/SPS/N/UGA/319  
13 March 2024  
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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):  Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of 
flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms (HS code(s): 1903); Vegetables and 
derived products (ICS code(s): 67.080.20)  
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 2673:2023, Tapioca pearls — Specification, First 
Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  12 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/UGA/24_02019_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This standard prescribes the requirements, sampling and test 
methods for tapioca pearls intended for human consumption.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
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:   G/SPS/N/UGA/319  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− AOAC  943.02 -1943, PH of flour. Potentiometric method  
− US 28 EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
− ISO 874. Fresh fruits and vegetables - Sampling  
− US 45, General standard for food additives  
− US EAS 744:2010, Cassava and  cassava products - Determination of total cyanogens - 
Enzymatic assay method  
− US ISO 10520, Native starch - Determination of starch content - Ewers polarimetric 
method  
− US ISO 1666, Starch - Determination of moisture content - Oven-drying method  
− US ISO 5498 , Agricultural food products - Determination of crude fibre content - 
General method  
− US ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses - Determination of the nitrogen content and 
calculation of the crude protein content - Kjeldahl method  
− US ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
− US ISO 5379, Starches and derived products - Determination of sulphur dioxide 
content - Acidi-metric method and nephelometric method  
− ISO 5520, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of alkalinity of 
total ash and of water -soluble ash;  
− ISO 14864:1998, Rice — Evaluation of gelatinization time of kernels during cooking  
− US EAS 901, Cereals and pulses — Test methods  
− IS 899: 2022, TAPIOCA SAGO (SABOODANA) — SPECIFICATION, Second Edition  
− Uganda  Gazette  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
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) : To be determined.  
[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) : 12 May 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  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: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  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: https://www.unbs.go.ug