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Draft rules on food safety, animal and plant health (SPS) and on technical product requirements (TBT) that markets notify to the WTO before adopting them.

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  1. WTO notificationUgandaTBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    DUS 1732:2024, Standard Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products, Second Edition.

    This Draft Uganda Standard covers procedures and equipment for manually obtaining samples of liquid petroleum and petroleum products, crude oils, and intermediate products from the sample point into the primary container are described. Procedures are also included for the sampling of free water…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1944/Add.1Comment period closed

  2. WTO notificationUgandaTBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    DUS 890:2023, Dried tomatoes — Specification, Second Edition Note: This Draft Uganda Standards was also notified to the SPS Committee.

    This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, test methods and sampling for dried tomatoes of varieties (cultivars) grown from Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. and its hybrids, intended for direct consumption without further processing or for use in the food industry.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1916/Add.1Comment period closed

  4. WTO notificationUgandaTBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    DUS 916:2024 Standard Specification for Denatured Fuel Ethanol for Blending with Gasolines for Use as Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel, Third edition

    This Draft Uganda Standard covers nominally anhydrous denatured fuel ethanol intended to be blended with unleaded or leaded gasolines at 1 % to 15 % by volume for use as automotive spark-ignition engine fuel covered by Specification D4814 as well as other fuel applications or specifications…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/2039/Add.1Comment period closed

  5. WTO notificationUnited StatesTBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles

    Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) - In 2013, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) published a safety standard for bassinets and cradles (bassinets/cradles). By statute, after promulgating a mandatory rule, the Commission must periodically review and revise…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/USA/538/Rev.1/Add.3Comment period closed

  6. WTO notificationUnited StatesTBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Water Beads

    Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) mandates that ASTM F963 shall be a mandatory toy safety standard. This safety standard sets forth requirements for water bead toys and toys that contain water beads. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/USA/2146/Add.2Comment period closed

  7. WTO notificationUgandaTBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    DUS 2417:2024, Standard Test Method for Freezing Point of Aqueous Engine Coolants, Second Edition

    This Draft Uganda Standard covers the determination of the freezing point of an aqueous engine coolant solution in the laboratory. Secondary phases separating on dilution need not be separated. These products may also be marketed in a ready-to-use form (prediluted).

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1959/Add.1Comment period closed

  8. WTO notificationThailandTBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    Draft Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No....) B.E ….Issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E.2522 Re: Labeling of Some Kinds of Prepackaged Processed Foods

    The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to revise the MOPH notification concerning related to food which are required to bare labels ' as follows: Clause 1. The following Notifications shall be repealed (1) Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 44 (B.E. 2523 (1978)) Re…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/THA/706/Add.1Comment period closed

  9. WTO notificationMalaysiaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Draft amendments to regulations 2 and 17, and insertion of a new regulation 16A of the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985].

    The proposed amendments to the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985] are as follows: regulation 2 is to insert new interpretation by inserting 'non-retail container' means any packaging or container that is not intended to be offered for direct sale to the consumer. The food in the non-retail…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/MYS/130Comment period closed

  10. WTO notificationUgandaTBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    DUS 2399:2024, Standard Test Methods for Water in Engine Coolant Concentrate by the Karl Fischer Reagent Method, Second Edition

    This Draft Uganda Standard covers the determination of the water present in new or unused glycol-based coolant concentrates using a volumetric (Test Method A) or an automatic coulometric titrator procedure (Test Method B). Many carbonyl compounds react slowly with the Fischer reagent, causing a…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1962/Add.1Comment period closed

  11. WTO notificationUgandaTBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    DUS 2693:2024, Standard Test Method for Analysis of Barium, Calcium, Magnesium, and Zinc in Unused Lubricating Oils by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, First Edition

    This Draft Uganda Standard contains test method applicable for the determination of mass percent barium from 0.005 % to 1.0 %, calcium and magnesium from 0.002 % to 0.3 %, and zinc from 0.002 % to 0.2 % in lubricating oils. Higher concentrations can be determined by appropriate dilution. Lower…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1945/Add.1Comment period closed

  12. WTO notificationUgandaTBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    DUS 2411:2024, Standard Test Methods for Chloride Ion in Water, First Edition

    This Draft Uganda Standard covers the determination of chloride ion in water, wastewater (Test Method C only), and brines. The following three test methods are included test Method A(Mercurimetric Titration), Test Method B (Silver Nitrate Titration) and Test Method C (Ion-Selective Electrode…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1961/Add.1Comment period closed

  13. WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Proposed measure from Nicaragua: live plants

    Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 15 December 2025. The comment period closed on 13 February 2026.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/238Comment period closed

  14. WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Proposed measure from Nicaragua: rice

    Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 15 December 2025. The comment period closed on 13 February 2026.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/240Comment period closed

  15. WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Proposed measure from Nicaragua: rice, seeds

    Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 15 December 2025. The comment period closed on 13 February 2026.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/242Comment period closed

  16. WTO notificationBurundi,Kenya,Rwanda+2TBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    DEAS 1176:2023, Biofertilizers — Specifications, First edition. Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified under SPS committee

    This draft East African standard specifies requirements, methods of sampling and test for biofertilizers. This draft standard covers the following types of biofertilizers; Rhizobia, Phosphate solubilizing microorganism, Azospirillum and Azotobacter.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1870/Add.1Comment period closed

  17. WTO notificationUgandaTBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    DUS 2694:2024, Standard Test Method for Base Number of Petroleum Products by Potentiometric Perchloric Acid Titration, First Edition.

    This Draft Uganda Standard covers the determination of basic constituents in petroleum products by titration with perchloric acid in glacial acetic acid. Procedures A and B use different titration solvent volumes and sample weights. The constituents that may be considered to have basic…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1947/Add.1Comment period closed

  18. WTO notificationUgandaTBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    DUS 2412:2024, Standard test method for sulfate ion in water, Second Edition

    This Draft Uganda Standard covers the turbidimetric determination of sulfate in water in the range from 5 mg/L to 40 mg/L of sulfate ion (SO4––). The test method was used successfully with drinking, ground, and surface waters. It is the user's responsibility to ensure the validity of this test…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1964/Add.1Comment period closed

  19. WTO notificationUgandaTBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    DUS 2058:2024, Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry, Second Edition

    This Draft Uganda Standard covers the determination of total sulfur in petroleum and petroleum products that are single-phase and either liquid at ambient conditions, liquefiable with moderate heat, or soluble in hydrocarbon solvents. These materials can include diesel fuel, jet fuel, kerosene…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1948/Add.1Comment period closed

  20. WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Proposed measure from Nicaragua: maize, seeds

    Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 15 December 2025. The comment period closed on 13 February 2026.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/243Comment period closed

What SPS and TBT mean

SPSSanitary and phytosanitary measures

Food safety, animal and plant health

Rules that protect people, animals and plants from risks carried by food, feed, pests and diseases: maximum residue limits, additives and contaminants, quarantine and inspection, and the certificates that go with them.

TBTTechnical barriers to trade

Technical product rules

Technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment for products: specifications, labelling and marking, packaging, and the tests and certificates a product needs before it can be sold.

Commenting on a notification

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If a draft affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO SPS or TBT enquiry point before the comment deadline, quoting the document symbol; it forwards them to the member that notified the measure.

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