G/TBT/N/UGA/1569  
15 March 2022  
(22-2278) Page: 1/3 
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):  Milled 
maize, milled corn; Maize "corn" flour (HS 110220); Cereals, pulses and derived products 
(ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 
466:2022, Milled maize (corn) products — Specification, First Edition (18 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for whole maize meal, granulated maize meal, sifted maize meal, maize 
grits and maize flour from the grains of c ommon maize ( Zea mays L.) intended for human 
consumption. This standard does not apply to fortified milled maize (corn) products and 
maize grits intended for brewing, manufacturing of starch and any other industrial use.  
7. Objective and rationale, inclu ding 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 facilita ting trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
2. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
3. ARS 461, Maize grains — Specification  G/TBT/N/UGA/1569  
 
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  4. ARS 471, Food grade salt — Specification  
5. CODEX Stan 192, General standard for food additives  
6. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed  
7. ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of acid value and 
acidity  
8. ISO 711, Cereals and cereal products — Determin ation of moisture content 
(Basic reference method)  
9. ISO 712 , Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — 
Routine reference method  
10. ISO 1871, Food and feed products — General guidelines for the determination of 
nitrogen by the Kjeldahl method  
11. ISO 2171, Determination of ash content  
12. ISO 2591 -1, Test sieving — Part 1: Methods using test sieves of woven wire 
cloth and perforated metal plate  
13. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
14. ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 degrees 
C  
15. ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination crude fibre content — 
General method  
16. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs  — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
17. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
18. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the  enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococcus aureus and other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -
Parker agar medium  
19. ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococcus aureus and other species) — Part 2: Technique using rabbit 
plasma fibrinogen agar medium  
20. ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphyl ococci 
(Staphylococcus aureus and other species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN 
technique for low numbers  
21. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
22. ISO 7932, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of presumptive Bacillus cereus — Colony -count technique at 
30 degrees C  
23. ISO 9526, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determinat ion of iron 
content by flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
24. ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction 
method  
25. ISO 24333, Cereals, and cereal products — Sampling  G/TBT/N/UGA/1569  
 
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  26. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B 1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B 1, B2, G1 and G 2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
27. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feed ing 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  
28. ISO/TS 21872 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the detection of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp. — Part 1: 
Detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae  
29. ISO/TS 21872 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the detection of potentially enteropathogenic V ibrio spp. — Part 2: 
Detection of species other than Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae  
30. ISO 27085, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium, sodium, 
phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, 
molybdenum, arse nic, lead and cadmium by ICP -AES 
31. AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn 
and corn flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  
32. EAS 44:2011, Milled maize (corn) products — Specification  
33. CODEX STAN 15 4:1985(Rev.1:1995), Standard for Whole Maize (Corn) Meal  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2022  
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://www.unbs.go.ug  
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