G/SPS/N/UGA/150  
 
26 April 2021  
(21-3479) 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):  High quality cassava 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 779, High quality cassava flour - 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  9 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/UGA/21_2941_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for high quality cassava flour, which is obtained from the processing of 
cassava ( Manihot esculenta  Crantz), intended for human consumption, and industrial use.  
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CXS 176 -1989, Standard for Edible Cassava Flour  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial 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/150  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− EAS 38, General standard for labeling of prepackaged foods;  
− EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice;  
− EAS 82, Milled cereal products - Methods of test (General methods);  
− EAS 739, Dried cassava chips - Specification;  
− EAS 744, Cassava and cassava products - Determination of total cyanogens ─ 
Enzymatic assay method;  
− CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed; 
− ISO 5498, Agricultural food products - Determination of crude fibre content - General 
method;  
− ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal metho d for 
the detection of Salmonella  spp.; 
− ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable number 
technique;  
− ISO 10520, Native starch - Determinatio n of starch content - Ewers polarimetric 
method;  
− ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count technique in products with 
for water the less than or equal to 0.95;  
− EAS 738 -2010 Fresh sweet cassava - Specification;  
− EAS778: 2012 Fresh bitter cassava  - Specification) - Cassava chips;  
− AOAC 943.02 -1943, PH of flour. Potentiometric method;  
− AOAC 942.15 Acidity (Titratable) of Fruit Products;  
− EAS 900, Cereals and Pulses - Samp ling; 
− EAS 901, Cereals and Pulses - Test Methods;  
− 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 authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if avail able) 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  G/SPS/N/UGA/150  
 
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  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