G/SPS/N/UGA/153  
 
26 April 2021  
(21-3476) 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):  Cassava wheat composite 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 DEAS 741:2021, Cassava wheat composite flour 
- Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  10 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/UGA/21_2944_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for cassava wheat composite flour for human consumption.  
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/153  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− EAS 38, General standard for the labelling o f pre-packaged foods;  
− EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry 
EAS 900;  
− EAS 738  - Fresh sweet cassava - Specification;  
− EAS 778 - Fresh bitter cassava - Specification;  
− EAS 1  - Wheat flour - Specification;  
− EAS 51  - Wheat grains - Specification;  
− EAS 739, Dried cassava chips - Specification;  
− EAS 744, Cassava and cassava products - Determination of total cyanogens ─ 
Enzymatic assay method;  
− EAS 82, Milled cereal products - Methods of test (General  methods);  
− ISO 712 Cereals and cereal products - Determination of moisture content - Reference 
method;  
− ISO 21527 -2 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - 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 6579 -1 - Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp.; 
− 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;  
− ISO 16649 -2 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding 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 7305 Milled cereal products - Determination of fat acidity;  
− ISO 5498 Agricultural food products - Determination of crude fibre  content - General 
method;  
− ISO 5986 Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of diethyl ether extract;  
− CODEX STAN 193 - Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in foods;  
− EAS 103, General standard for food additives;  
− EAS 740, Cassava flour ─ Specifi cation;  
− ISO 16050, Foodstuffs ─ Determination of aflatoxins B1 and total content of aflatoxins 
B1, B2 , G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts, and derived products ─ High performance liquid 
chromatographic method;  
− Uganda Gazette.  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2021  
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 comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 June 2021  
Agency or aut hority 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  G/SPS/N/UGA/153  
 
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  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 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug