G/TBT/N/UGA/1195  
21 February 2020  
(20-1356) 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 different fr om 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):  Cream 
cheese; Cheese and curd (HS 0406); Cheese (ICS 67.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  1013:2019, Cheese — Specification — Cream cheese, First edition (13 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for cream cheese for direct consumption and for further pr ocessing.  
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; 
Harmoni zation; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
2. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
3. CODEX STAN 193, General standard for contaminants in food and feed  
4. CODEX STAN 275, Standard for cream cheese  
5. CODEX STAN 283, General standard for cheese  
6. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  G/TBT/N/UGA/1195  
 
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  7. ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — Clean-
up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -performance 
liquid chromatography  
8. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
9. ISO 1735, Cheese and p rocessed cheese products — Determination of fat content — 
Gravimetric method (Reference method)  
10. ISO 5534, Cheese and processed cheese — Determination of the total solids 
content (Reference)  
11. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of salmonella — Part 1: Detection of salmonella SPP.  
12. ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts 
and/or moulds Colonycount technique at 25 degrees C  
13. ISO 707, Milk and  milk products — Guidance on sampling  
14. ISO 8197, Milk and milk products — Sampling inspection by variables  
15. ISO 5538, Milk and milk products — Sampling — Inspection by attributes  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by Minister for 
Trade, Industries 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  
https://www.unbs.go.ug/alerts.php?src=dsp  
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