G/SPS/N/UGA/268  
2 August 2023  
(23-5258) Page: 1/3 
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):  Wheat or meslin flour. (HS code(s): 1101); Cereals, pulses and 
derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060); Wheat flour  
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 DARS 470: 2023, Wheat flour — Specification, 
First edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  18 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/UGA/23_11435_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
test methods and sampling for wheat flour prepared from common wheat 
(Triticum  aestivum L. ) or club wheat (Triticum compactum Host), or their mixtures 
intended for human consumption.  
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 i nternational standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
 CXS 152 -1985, Standard for Wheat Flour  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestria l or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/268  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice;  
− ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling;  
− ARS 465, Wheat — Specification;  
− CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives;;  
− CODEX STAN 150, Standard for food grade salt;  
− ISO 1871, Food and feed products — General guidelines for the determination of 
nitrogen by the Kjeldahl method;  
− ISO 2171, Determ ination of ash content;  
− ISO 2591 -1, Test sieving — Part 1: Methods using test sieves of woven wire cloth 
and perforated metal plate;  
− ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 degrees C;  
− ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination crude fibre content — General 
method;  
− ISO 6540, Maize — Determination of moisture content (on milled grains and on whole 
grains);  
− ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and anim al feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the detection of Salmonella spp.;  
− ISO 6888 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus 
aureus and other sp ecies);  
− 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 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feedin g stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: Colony -
count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-
glucuronide;  
− ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuf fs — 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;  
− ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling;  
− EAS 1:2012, Wheat flour — Specification;  
− CODEX S TAN 152 -1985 (Rev. 1 - 1995), CODEX Standard for wheat flour;  
− Department of Agriculture, Regulation Gazette No. 30782, 22 February 2008, 
Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990), Regulations relating 
to the grading, packing and markin g of wheat products intended for sale in the 
Republic of South Africa;  
Uganda Gazette  (available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Mid 2024  
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) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   G/SPS/N/UGA/268  
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 1 October 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if ava ilable) 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  
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 61 23 
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug