G/TBT/N/UGA/1269  
8 December 2020  
(20-8803) 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):  Cocoa 
butter; Cocoa butter, fat and oil (HS 1804); Cocoa (ICS 67.140.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  1032:2020, Cocoa butter for food industry — Specification, First Edition 
(13 page(s), in Eng lish) 
6. Description of content:  This Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and 
test methods for cocoa butter for  human consumption.  
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. DEAS 1030, Cocoa beans — Specification  
2. AOAC 960.31, Fatty acids (water -insoluble) and butyric acid  
3. AOAC 975.13 -, Unsaponifiable Matter in Cocoa Butter - Ether  
4. AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods, 
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after Dr y Ashing  
5. Codex Stan 192, Codex general standard for food additives  G/TBT/N/UGA/1269  
 
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  6. CAC/GL 50; General guidelines on sampling  
7. CAC/GL 75, Guidelines on substances used as processing aids  
8. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
9. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and  drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
10. 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  
11. ISO 16654 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs ― Horizontal method 
for the detection of Escherichia coli O157  
12. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs ― Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Stap hylococcus aureus 
and other species) ― Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
13. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain ― Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of salmonella ― Part 1: Detection of salmonella spp.  
14. ISO 48 33-1, Microbiology of the food chain ― Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms ― Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the 
pour plate technique  
15. ISO 15141, Cereals and cereal products ― Determination of ochratoxin A ― High 
performance liqu id chromatographic method with immunoaffinity column cleanup 
and fluorescence.  
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://w ww.unbs.go.ug  
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