G/SPS/N/UGA/179  
 
20 April 2022  
(22-3168) Page: 1/3 
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):  Milled maize, milled corn, Maize "corn" flour (HS Code(s): 110220); 
Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS Code(s): 67.060)  
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 DARS 466:2022, Milled maize (corn) products - 
Specification, First Edition . Langua ge(s):  English . Number of pages:  18 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_2930_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for whole maize meal, granulated maize meal, sifted maize meal, maize 
grits and maize flour from the grains of common maize ( Zea mays  L.) intended for human 
consumption. This standard does not apply to fortified milled maize (corn) products and 
maize grits intended for brewing, manufacturing of starch and any other industria l use.  
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 P lant 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/179  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. Uganda Gazette  
2. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
3. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
4. ARS 461, Maize grains — Specification  
5. ARS 471, Food grade salt — Specification  
6. CODEX Stan 192, General standard for food additives  
7. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed  
8. ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of acid value and acidity  
9. ISO 711, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content (Basic 
reference method)  
10. ISO 712, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — Routine 
reference method  
11. ISO 1871, Food and feed products — General guidelines for the determination of 
nitrogen by the Kjeldahl method  
12. ISO 2171, Determination of as h content  
13. ISO 2591 -1, Test sieving — Part 1: Methods using test sieves of woven wire cloth and 
perforated metal plate  
14. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
15. ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 degrees C  
16. ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination crude fibre content — General 
method  
17. ISO 5985 , Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
18. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
19. 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  
20. ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enu meration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) — Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar medium  
21. ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coa gulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
22. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  — Most probable number 
technique  
23. ISO 7932, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of presumptive Bacillus cereus — Colony -count technique at 30 degrees C  
24. ISO 9526, Fruits, vegetables and derive d products — Determination of iron content by 
flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
25. ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
26. ISO 24333, Cereals , and cereal products — Sampling  
27. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
28. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in products 
with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
29. ISO/TS 21872 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp. — Part 1: Detection of 
Vibrio parahaemolyticus  and Vibrio cholerae   
30. ISO/TS 21872 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp. — Part 2: Detection of 
species other than Vibrio parahaemolyticus  and Vibrio cholerae   G/SPS/N/UGA/179  
 
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  31. ISO 27085, Animal feedin g stuffs — Determination of calcium, sodium, phosphorus, 
magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, molybdenum, arsenic, 
lead and cadmium by ICP -AES 
32. AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and 
corn flak es — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  
33. EAS 44:2011, Milled maize (corn) products — Specification  
34. CODEX STAN 154:1985(Rev.1:1995), Standard for Whole Maize (Corn) Meal  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2022  
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) : 19 June 2022  
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 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, [  ] 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