G/TBT/N/UGA/1310  
26 April 2021  
(21-3501) 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):  Fresh, 
chilled, frozen or dried roots and tubers of manioc "cassava", whether or not sliced or in 
the form of pellets (HS 071410); Food products in general (ICS 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS 1040:2021, Cassava pellets — Specification, First Edition (9 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for cassava  pellets obtained from (Manihot esculenta Cruntz) 
intended 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. EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of pre -packaged foods  
2. EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
3. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
4. EAS 738 Fresh sweet cassava ─ Specification  
5. ISO 5809, Starches and derived products ─ Determination of sulphated ash  G/TBT/N/UGA/1310  
 
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  6. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the de tection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
7. AOAC 943.02 -1943, PH of flour. Potentiometric method  
8. AOAC 942.15 Acidity (Titratable) of Fruit Products  
9. EAS 900, Cereals and Pulses - Sampling  
10. EAS 901, Cereals and Pulses – Test Methods  
11. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed  
12. ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — 
General method  
13. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff s — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
14. ISO 10520, Native starch — Determination of starch content — Ewers polarimetric 
method  
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://www.unbs.go.ug  
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