G/TBT/N/UGA/1572  
1 April 2022  
(22-2657) 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 from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ],3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other  :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Wheat and 
meslin (excl. seed for sowing, and durum wheat) (HS code(s): 100199); Cereals, pulses 
and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS ARS 
465:2022, Wheat grains — Specification, First Edition; (24 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard spec ifies the requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for wheat grains of varieties (cultivars) grown from common 
wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), club wheat (T. compactum Host.) and Triticum tauschii 
(soft wheat) intended for human consumption. Durum wheat  (Triticum durum) is 
excluded from this standard.  
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; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
2. ISO 712, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — 
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  3. ISO 3093, Wheat, rye and respective flours, durum wheat and durum wheat 
semolina —Determination of the Falling Number according to Hagberg -Perten  
4. ISO 5223, Test sieves for cereals  
5. ISO 6639 -1, Cereals and pulses — Determination of hidden insect infestation — 
Part 1: General principles  
6. ISO 6639 -2, Cereals and pulses — Determination of hidden insect infestation — 
Part 2: Sampling  
7. ISO 6639 -3, Cereals and pulses — Determination o f hidden insect infestation — 
Part 3: Reference method  
8. ISO 6639 -4, Cereals and pulses — Determination of hidden insect infestation — 
Part 4: Rapid methods  
9. ISO 7932, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of p resumptive Bacillus cereus — Colony -count technique at 
30 degrees C  
10. ISO 7971 -1, Cereals — Determination of bulk density, called "mass per hectolitre" 
— Part 1: Reference method  
11. ISO 7971 -2, Cereals — Determination of bulk density, called "mass per hectolitr e" 
— Part 2: Routine method  
12. ISO 13690, Cereals, pulses and milled products — Sampling of static batches  
13. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High 
performance liquid chromatographic method  
14. ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses — Determination of the nitrogen content and 
calculation of the crude protein content — Kjeldahl method  
15. CODEX STAN 1, General Standard for the labelling of prepackaged foods  
16. CAC/RCP 1,  Recommended international code of practice — General principles of 
food hygiene  
17. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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 StandardsPlot 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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