G/TBT/N/UGA/1150  
19 December 2019  
(19-8845) 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):  Dog food; 
- Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale (HS 230910); Animal feeding stuffs (ICS 65.120)  
5. Title, num ber of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
58:1969, Dog food — Specification, First Edition (21 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for dog food.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of animal or plant life or health; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. IS0 5510 , Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of available lysine  
2. ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of nitrogen content and 
calculation of crude protein content — Part 1: Kjeldahl method  
3. ISO 5984, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude ash  
4. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
5. ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium content — Part 
1: Titrimetric method  
6. ISO 6491, Animal feeding stuffs — Determinati on of phosphorus content — 
Spectrometric method  
7. ISO 6492, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of fat content  
8. ISO 6495, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of water -soluble chlorides 
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  9. ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of moisture an d other volatile 
matter content  
10. ISO 6497, Animal feeding stuffs — Sampling  
11. ISO 6865, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude fibre content — 
Method with intermediate filtration  
12. ISO 9831, Animal feeding stuffs, animal products, and faeces or urine — 
Determination of gross calorific value — Bomb calorimeter method  
13. ISO 13903, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of amino acids content  
14. ISO 14718, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1 content of 
mixed feeding stuffs — Method using high -performance liquid chromatography  
15. ISO 17375, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1  
16. 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  
17. 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 
18. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
19. EAS 53:2000, Dog feed specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020  
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_7321_00_e.pdf