G/TBT/N/UGA/1610  
22 June 2022  
(22-4853) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
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  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Plastics 
and articles thereof (HS code(s): 39); Packaging materials and accessories (ICS code(s): 
55.040), Materials in contact with food.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 1659: 
2022, Materials in contact with food — Requirements for packaging materials, second 
edition; (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard provides requirements for food 
contact surfaces including packaging materials that are intended for that purpose and can 
be expected to come into contact with food under normal or foreseeable conditions of 
use." The stan dard does not include coverings or coatings and substances that are part 
of the food and may be eaten with it such as sausage skin for which other standards 
apply.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/UGA/1610  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
ISO 4531, Vitreous and porcelain enamels — Migration from enamelled ware in contact 
with food — Method of test and permissible limit.  
ISO 6486 -1; Ceramic ware, glass-ceramic ware and glass dinnerware in contact with food 
-- Release of lead and cadmium -- Part 1: Test method  
ISO 7086 -1, Glass hollowware in contact with food — Release of lead and cadmium — 
Part 1: Test method  
ISO/TS 22002 -4, Prerequisite programs o n food safety —Part 4: Food packaging 
manufacturing  
US 1675, Determination of overall migration of constituents of plastic materials and 
articles intended to come in contact with foodstuffs — method of analysis  
US 45, General standard for food additives  
Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 – Materials and Articles in Contact with Food.  
CFR 21 - Code of Federal Regulations Title 21  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, 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://ww w.unbs.go.ug  
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