G/TBT/N/UGA/1078  
 
15 May 2019  
(19-3347) 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  
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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Full fat 
Sesame flour; - Other (HS 120890); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of  pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2125:2019, 
Full fat Sesame flour — Specification, First Edition. (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This standard prescribes the requirements and the methods of 
sampling and test for full fat sesame flour obtained.  
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; Quality  requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 965.22, Sorting corn grits  - Sieving method  
2. US EAS 38, Standard specification for the labelling of pre -packaged foods  
3. US EAS 39, Standard specification for factory and employee requirements for food 
factories  
4. US Codex Stan 50, General guidelines on sampling  
5. US 1628, Sesame  - Specification  
6. US ISO 665, Oilseeds - Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  
7. US ISO 16634 -2, Food products - Determination of the total nitrogen content by 
combustion according t o the Dumas principle and calculation of the crude protein 
content - Part 2: Cereals, pulses and milled cereal products  
8. US ISO 749, Oilseed residues - Determination of total ash  
9. US ISO 735, Oilseed residues - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid 
10. US ISO 729, Oilseeds - Determination of acidity of oils  G/TBT/N/UGA/1078  
 
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  11. US ISO: 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable 
number technique  
12. US ISO 6579, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
13. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yea sts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0,95  
14. US ISO 749, Oilseed residues - Determination of total ashUS ISO 6633, Fruits, 
vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content Flamele ss atomic 
absorption spectrometric method  
15. US ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
16. IS 6108 (1971): Edible Sesame Flour (Solvent Extracted)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives.  
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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/UGA/19_2827_00_e.pdf