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UgandaAdopted, according to its latest notice

Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch

Official title

DUS 2673:2023, Tapioca pearls — Specification, First Edition

Uganda issued an addendum on 18 December 2025 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/UGA/319. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 13 March 2024. The comment period closed on 12 May 2024.

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At a glance

Products

Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms; Vegetables and derived products

HS codes
  • 19 · Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products
    • 1903 Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms.
Notifying member
Uganda
Status
Adopted, according to its latest notice
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/UGA/319Latest notice: G/SPS/N/UGA/319/Add.1
Keywords
Human health, Food safety, Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg.

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 12 May 2024
Proposed adoption
To be determined.
Proposed entry into force
To be determined.

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/SPS/N/UGA/319/Add.1⁩, 18 December 2025)

The latest notice says the measure was adopted or published.

DUS 2673:2023, Tapioca pearls — Specification, First Edition

This addendum aims to inform WTO Members that the draft Uganda standard DUS 2673:2023, Tapioca pearls — Specification, First Edition, notified in G/SPS/N/UGA/319, was adopted on 30 September 2025. The adopted Uganda Standard US 2673:2025, Tapioca pearls — Specification, First Edition, can be purchased online through the link

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.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/SPS/N/UGA/319/Add.1

    DUS 2673:2023, Tapioca pearls — Specification, First Edition

    This addendum aims to inform WTO Members that the draft Uganda standard DUS 2673:2023, Tapioca pearls — Specification, First Edition, notified in G/SPS/N/UGA/319, was adopted on 30 September 2025. The adopted Uganda Standard US 2673:2025, Tapioca pearls — Specification, First Edition, can be purchased online through the link

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)

  2. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/UGA/319

    Comment deadline: Closed on 12 May 2024

    DUS 2673:2023, Tapioca pearls — Specification, First Edition

    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.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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