G/TBT/N/UGA/1103  
1 August 2019  
(19-5047) 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):  Tofu; - 
Other (HS 210690); Food products in general (ICS 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the  notified document:  DUS 2128:2019, 
Tofu — Specification, First Edition. Note: This draft standard was also notified to the SPS 
Committee. (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for Tofu for human consumption.  
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; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. US 1659, Materials in contact with food — Requirements for packaging materials  
2. US EAS 38, Standard specification for the labelling of pre -packaged foods  
3. US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
4. US EAS  39, Standard specification for factory and employee requirements for food 
factories  
5. US EAS 762, Dry soybeans – Specification  
6. US EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
7. EAS 804, Claims on foods — Requirements  
8. EAS 805, Use of nutritional and health clai ms — Requirement  
9. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
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  10. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
11. US ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
12. US ISO 665, Oilseeds -- Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  
13. US ISO 16634 -1, Food products - Determ ination of the total nitrogen content by 
combustion according to the Dumas principle and calculation of the crude protein 
content — Part 1: Oilseeds and animal feeding stuffs  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2019  
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_4282_00_e.pdf