G/SPS/N/UGA/110  
 
19 December 2019  
(19-8865) 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):  Fishmeal  
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 DEAS 97:2019, Fishmeal - Specification, Second 
Edition. . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_7322_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for fishmeal for use in  compounding animal feeds.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/pl ant 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 Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant internationa l standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/110  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
Uganda Gazette,  
IS0 5510, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of available lysine,  
ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of nitrogen content and calculation of 
crude protein content - Part 1: Kjeldahl method,  
ISO 5984, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of crude ash,  
ISO 5985, Animal feed ing stuffs - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid,  
ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of calcium content - Part 1: Titrimetric 
method,  
ISO 6491, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of phosphorus content - Spectrometric 
method,  
ISO 6492, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of fat content,  
ISO 6495, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of water -soluble chlorides content,  
ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of moisture and other volatile matter 
content,  
ISO 6497, Animal feeding stuffs - Sampling,  
ISO 6865, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of crude fibre content - Method with 
intermediate filtration,  
ISO 9831, Animal feeding stuffs, animal products, and faeces or urine - Determination of 
gross calorific value - Bomb calorimeter method,  
ISO 13903, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of amino acids content,  
ISO 14718, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1 content of mixed feeding 
stuffs - Method using high -performance liquid ch romatography,  
ISO 17375, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1,  
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,  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements,  
ISO 27085, Animal feeding stuff - Determination of calcium, sodium, phosphorous, 
magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, molybdenum, arsenic, lead 
and cadmium by ICP -AES, 
ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp,  
ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal me thod for the 
detection ofEscherichia coli O157,  
ISO 11133, Microbiology of food, animal feed and water - Preparation, production, storage 
and performance testing of culture media,  
EAS 97:2000, fish meal specification.  (available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2020.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : June 2020.  
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   G/SPS/N/UGA/110  
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 17 February 2020  
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: http://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: http://www.unbs.go.ug