G/SPS/N/UGA/80  
 
14 May 2019  
(19-3330) 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):  Full fat sesame 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 2125:2019, Full fat Sesame flour - Specification, 
First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  12 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_2851_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This standard prescribes the requirements and the methods of 
sampling and test for full fat sesame flour obtained.  
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 ther e 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− AOAC 965.22, Sorting corn grits - Sieving method  
− US EAS 38, Standard specification for the labelling of pre -packaged foods  
− US EAS  39, Standard specification for factory and employee requirements for food 
factories  
− US Codex Stan 50, General guidelines on sampling  
− US 1628, Sesame - Specification  
− US ISO 665, Oilseeds - Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  G/SPS/N/UGA/80  
 
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  − US ISO 16634 -2, Food products - Determination of the total nitrogen content by 
combustion according to the Dumas principle and calculation of the crude protein 
content - Part 2: Cereals, pulses and milled cereal products  
− US ISO 749, Oilseed residues - Determination of total ash  
− US ISO 735, Oilseed residues - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
− US ISO 729, Oilseeds - Determination of acidity of oils  
− US ISO: 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable 
number technique  
− US ISO 6579, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the dete ction, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp. 
− US 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  
− US ISO 749, Oilseed residues - Determination of total ash  
− US ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
− US ISO 5985, Anim al feeding stuffs - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
− IS 6108 (1971): Edible Sesame Flour (Solvent Extracted)  
− Uganda Gazette   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : September 2019  
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.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for c omments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 13 July 2019  
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: http://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: http://www.unbs.go.ug