G/TBT/N/UGA/1291  
6 April 2021  
(21-2852) 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 [X], 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):  Milk and 
cream in solid forms, of a fat content by weight of <= 1,5% (HS 040210); Milk and 
processed milk products (ICS 67.100.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 1600:2021, 
Dairy whitener — Specificati on, Second Edition (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and methods of test for dairy whitener.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicabl e: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
G/TBT/N/UGA/468  
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/468  
2. IS 12299:1998, Dairy whitener – Specification  
3. US 1600:2015, Dairy whitener -Specification  
4. US EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry – Code of 
practice  
5. US 45, General standard for food additives  G/TBT/N/UGA/1291  
 
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  6. US 163, Milk and milk products — Hygiene requirements  
7. US 738, General sta ndard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
8. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods – General requirements  
9. US EAS 67, Raw cow milk – Specification  
10. US ISO 8156, Dried milk and dried milk products — Determination of insolubility 
index  
11. US EAS 81-5, Milk powders ─ Determination of titratable acidity (Routine 
method)  
12. US EAS 81 -2, Milk powders — Methods of analysis — Part 2: Determination of 
moisture content (Reference method)  
13. US EAS 81 -3, Milk powders ─ Methods of analysis ─ Part 3: Determination  of fat 
content ─ Gravimetric method (Reference method)  
14. US EAS 81 -1, Milk powders ─ Methods of analysis ─ Part 1: Determination of 
ash and alkalinity  
15. US EAS 68 -3, Milk and milk products — Methods of microbiological examination 
— Part 3: Enumeration of colo ny forming units of yeasts and/or moulds - 
Colony -count technique at 25 °C  
16. US EAS 68 -2-1, Milk and milk products — Methods for microbiological 
examination — Part 2 -1: Enumeration of coliforms ─ Colony count technique at 
30 °C  
17. US EAS 162 -1, Milk and milk pr oducts — Part 1: Milk, cream and evaporated 
milk ─ Determination of total solids content (Reference method)  
18. US ISO 707, Milk and milk products – Guidance on sampling  
19. US ISO 2446, Milk – Determination of fat content  
20. US ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food c hain – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms – Part 1: Colony count at 30 
 C by the pour 
plate technique  
21. US ISO 6785, Milk and milk products — Detection of Salmonella spp.  
22. US ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk – Determination of to tal solids 
content (Reference method)  
23. US ISO 8968 -3, Milk – Determination of nitrogen content – Part 3: Block -
digestion method (Semi -micro rapid routine method)  
24. US ISO 11866 -1, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of presumptive 
Escherichia coli — Part 1: Most probable number technique using 4 -
methylumbelliferyl -beta-D-glucuronide (MUG)  
25. US ISO 5537, Dried milk – Determination of moisture content (Reference 
method)  
26. US ISO 6092, Dried milk – Determination of titratable acidity (Routine method)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 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/1291  
 
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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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