G/TBT/N/UGA/1519  
10 December 2021  
(21-9265) 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  
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):  Pastry; 
Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; 
communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing 
wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, ging erbread and the like, sweet 
biscuits, waffles, wafers not mentioned, rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted 
products) (HS 190590); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 1599:2021, 
Pastry — Specification, Second edition (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for pastry.   
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent pro blems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/522  
2. US 38 , Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
3. US EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of 
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  4. US EAS 740, Cassava composite wheat flour – Specification  
5. US EAS 782, Composite flour — Specifi cation  
6. US 45, General standard for food additives  
7. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
8. US EAS 1, Wheat flour —Specification  
9. US EAS 12, Drinking (potable) water — Specification  
10. US EAS 14, Margarine — Specification  
11. US EAS 22, Butter — Specification  
12. US EAS 35, Fortified food grade salt — Specification  
13. US EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
14. US EAS 804, Claims — General requirements  
15. US EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims — Requirements  
16. US ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
17. US ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms – Part 1: Colony count at 300 °C by the pour 
plate t echnique  
18. US ISO 5498, Agriculture food products — Determination of crude fibre content 
– General method  US ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of 
nitrogen content and calculation of crude protein content — Part 1: Kjeldahl 
method  
19. US ISO 6579 , Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
20. US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococ cus aureus and other species) – Part 1: Technique using Baird -
Parker agar medium  
21. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method  
22. US 1559:2015, Pastry - Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2022  
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:   
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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