G/TBT/N/UGA/1308  
26 April 2021  
(21-3499) 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):  Manioc 
starch (HS 110814); Starch and derived products (ICS 67.180.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 742, 
Food grade cassava starch — Specification, First Edition (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for food  grade cassava starch  
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; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of pre -packaged foods  
2. EAS 103, General standard for food additives  
3. EAS 738 Fresh sweet cassava ─ Specification  
4. EAS 739 Dried cassava chips ─ Specification  
5. ISO 1666, Starch ─ Determination of moisture content ─ Oven-drying method  
6. ISO 5809, Starches and derived products ─ Determination of sulphated ash  G/TBT/N/UGA/1308  
 
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  7. ISO 5810, Starches and derived products ─ Determination of chloride content ─ 
Potentiometric method  
8. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
9. ISO 10520, Native starch — Determination of starch content — Ewers polarimetric 
method  
10. ISO 21527 -2 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff s — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0,95  
11. ISO 6579 -1- Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and ser otyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp.  
12. ISO 4833 -1 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30°C by the pour plate 
technique  
13. ISO 5498 Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — 
General method  
14. CODEX STAN 193 - Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in foods  
15. EAS 740, Cassava flour ─ Specification  
16. EAS 744 Cassava and cassava products – Determination of total cyanogens – 
Enzymatic a ssays method  
17. AOAC 943.02, PH of flour. Potentiometric method  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2021  
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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