G/TBT/N/UGA/1236  
19 October 2020  
(20-7221) Page: 1/3 
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  
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  
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 dif ferent 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):  Bread 
crumbs; Crispbread (HS 190510); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060), 
Paints and varnishes (ICS 87.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2219:2020, 
Bread crumbs — Specification, First Edition (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, test 
and sampling methods for bread crumbs.  
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; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. KS 1302:1996 -Specification for bread crumbs  
2. US EAS 43, Bread —Specification  
3. AOAC Official Method 999.11, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods 
Atomic Absorption  
4. ISO 3310 (all parts), Test sieves — Technical requirements and testing  G/TBT/N/UGA/1236  
 
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  5. US ISO 11085, Ce reals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction 
method  
6. US 45, General standard for food additives  
7. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
8. US 1659, Materials in contact with food - Requirements for packaging materials  
9. US 1902, Baker's yeast - Specification  
10. US EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
11. US EAS 35, Fortified food grade salt — Specification  
12. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre-packaged foods — General requirements  
13. US EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry US EAS 321, Edible fats and oils – Specification  
14. US EAS 900, Cereals and pulses — Sampling  
15. US EAS 901, Cereals and pulses — Test methods  
16. US ISO 4833 (all parts), Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 C by the pour 
plate technique  
17. US ISO 5498, Agricultural food products - Determination of crude fibre cont ent - 
General method  
18. US ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
19. US ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp.  
20. US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeds — Horizontal method for 
enumeration of Coagulase - positive staphylococci. (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species), Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
21. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeds — Horizontal method for 
detection, enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli – Most probable number 
technique  
22. US 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  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2021  
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  G/TBT/N/UGA/1236  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, 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  
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