G/SPS/N/UGA/145  
 
10 March 2021  
(21-2003) 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 oil  
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 2172:2020, Chia oil - Specification, First Edition . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/UGA/21_1804_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods of virgin chia ( Salvia hispanica  L. ) oil for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans fro m 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 t ext):  
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− US EAS 38, Labelling of pre-packaged foods  
− AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
− CODEX STAN 192, General Standard for Food Additives  
− US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Specification  
− US 1659, Material in contact with food - Requirements for packaging materials  
− US EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  G/SPS/N/UGA/145  
 
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  − US ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of acid value and 
acidity  
− US ISO 661, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Preparation of test sample  
− US ISO 662, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of moisture and 
volatile matter content  
− US ISO 3596, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of unsaponifiable 
matter - Method using diethyl ether extraction  
− US ISO 3657,  Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of saponification 
value  
− US ISO 3961, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of iodine value using 
diethyl ether extraction  
− US ISO 5555, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Sampling  
− US ISO 632 0, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of refractive index  
− US ISO 6321, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of melting point in 
open capillary tubes (slip point)  
− US ISO 6883, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of conventional 
mass per volume (litre weight in air)  
− US ISO 8294, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of copper, iron and 
nickel contents - Graphite furnace atomic absorption method  
− US ISO 5555, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Sampling  
− COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 8 December 2014 authorising the placing 
on the market of chia oil ( Salvia hispanica  L.) as a novel food ingredient under 
Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council  
− 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) : 9 May 2021  
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: 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