G/TBT/N/UGA/1268  
7 December 2020  
(20-8795) 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):  Cocoa 
powder, Cocoa powder mixture; Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter (HS 1805); Cocoa (ICS 67.140.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  1031:2020, Cocoa powder and cocoa powder mixture — Specification, First Edition 
(15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for cocoa powder and cocoa powder mixtures intended for 
human consumpt ion. 
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; 
Harmonizatio n; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. DEAS 1030, Cocoa beans — Specification  
2. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
3. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
4. Codex Stan 192, General standard for food additive  G/TBT/N/UGA/1268  
 
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  5. ISO 1577, Determination of acid -insoluble ash  
6. ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
7. ISO 2292, Cocoa beans — Sampling  
8. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of th e food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30°C by the pour plate 
technique  
9. ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — 
General method  
10. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and  serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp. 
— Amendment 1: Broader range of  incubation temperatures, amendment to the 
status of Annex D, and correctio n of the composition of MSRV and SC  
11. ISO 7305, Milled cereal products — Determination of fat acidity  
12. ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
13. ISO 15141, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of ochratoxin A — High 
performance liquid  chromatographic method with immunoaffinity column cleanup 
and fluorescence detection  
14. 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  
15. ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escher ichia coli — Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -
D-glucuronide  
16. ISO 17239, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of arsenic 
content — Method using hydride generation atomic absorption spectr ometry  
17. 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  
18. AOAC 931.04, Loss on drying (moisture) in cacao products — Gravimetric method  
19. AOAC 970.21, PH of cacao products. Potentiometric method  
20. AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods, 
Atomic Absorption  Spectrophotometry after Dry Ashing  
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  G/TBT/N/UGA/1268  
 
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  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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