G/SPS/N/UGA/107  
 
27 November 2019  
(19-8127) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Chia seeds  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 1007:2019, Chia seeds - Specification, First 
Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_6709_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
methods o f sampling and test for chia seed ( Salvia hispanica  L.) intended for human 
consumption. This standard does not apply to chia seed as a planting material.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/107  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and lan guage(s) in which these are available:   
− EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
− EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
− EAS 804, Claims on food - Requirements  
− EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims - Requirements  
− ISO 605, Pulses - Determination of impurities, size, foreign odour, insects, and species 
and variety - Test methods  
− ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella  spp 
− ISO 7251, Micr obiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable number 
technique  
− ISO 16050, Foodstuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1,  B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products - High-performance 
liquid chromatographic method  
− ISO 24333, Cereals, and cereal products - Sampling  
− ISO 24557, Pulses - Determination of moisture content - Air-oven method  
− ISO 12193, Animal and vegetable  fats and oils - Determination of lead by direct 
graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
− Uganda Gazette  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for Trade, 
Industry and Cooperatives.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for c omments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 26 January 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(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: http://www.unbs.go.ug  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (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: http://www.unbs.go.ug