G/TBT/N/UGA/1182  
10 January 2020  
(20-0298) 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  
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 different 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):  Processed 
cereal -based foods; - Other (HS 190490); Cereals, pulses and derived products 
(ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, nu mber of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  72:2019, Processed cereal -based foods for older infants and young children — 
Specification, Third Edition. (19 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard spec ifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for processed cereal based foods intended for feeding older infants as 
a complementary food generally from the age of six months onwards, taking into account 
the infants' nutritional requirements, and for feedi ng young children as part of a 
progressively diversified diet. The standard excludes both fortified and unfortified blended 
and composite flours.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the SPS Committee.  
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 barri ers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/391  
2. AOAC 936.14, Vitamin D in milk, vitamin preparations and feed concentrates ― 
Rat bioassay  
3. AOAC 942.05, Ash of animal feed  
4. AOAC 961.14, Niacin and niacinamide in drugs, foods and feeds ― Colorimetric 
method  
5. AOAC 984.26, Vitamin C (Total) in food ― Semi automated fluorometric method  G/TBT/N/UGA/1182  
 
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  6. AOAC 984.27, Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, 
Potassium, Sodium, and Zinc in Infant Formula ― Inductively Coupled Plasma 
Emission Spectr oscopic method  
7. AOAC 985.35, Minerals in Infant Formula, Enteral Products, and Pet Foods ― 
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric method  
8. AOAC 986.24, Phosphorus in infant formula and enteral products ― 
Spectrophotometric method  
9. AOAC 995.13, Carbohydrate in Co ffee: AOAC Method 995.13 vs a New Fast Ion 
Chromatography Method  
10. AOAC 2000.17, Determination of Trace Glucose and Fructose  
11. AOAC 986.27, Thiamine (Vitamin B1) milk based infant formula ― Flurometric 
method  
12. AOAC 992.04, Vitamin A (Retinol isomers) in milk an d milk -based infant formula 
― Liquid chromatographic method  
13. AOAC 995.05, Vitamin D in infant formulas and internal products ― Liquid 
chromatographic method  
14. AOAC 983.23, Simplified gravimetric determination of total fat in food composites 
after chloroform -methanol extraction  
15. AOAC 2015.002, Standard Method Performance RequirementsSM (SMPRs) for 
Total Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) in Infant and Adult/ Pediatric Nutritional Formula  
16. CAC/GL 10 -1979, Advisory lists of mineral salts and vitamin compounds for use 
in foods fo r infants and children  
17. CAC/GL 23, Guidelines for use of nutrition and health claims  
18. CODEX STAN 192 -1995, General standard for food additives  
19. EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of pre -packaged foods  
20. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturin g industry ― Code of practice  
21. EAS 82, Milled cereal products ― Methods of test  
22. ISO 711, Cereals and cereal products ― Determination of moisture content (Basic 
reference method)  
23. ISO 8262 -1, Milk products and milk -based foods ― Determination of fat content 
by the Weibull -Berntrop gravimetric method (Reference method) -- Part 1: Infant 
foods  
24. ISO 8968 -2, Milk ― Determination of nitrogen content ― Part 2: Block -digestion 
method (Macro method)  
25. ISO 6869, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of the contents of cal cium, 
copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, sodium and zinc — Method 
using atomic absorption spectrometry  
26. ISO 20633, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of vitamin E 
and vitamin A by normal phase high performance liquid chromatog raphy  
27. ISO 20636, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of vitamin D 
by liquid chromatography -mass spectrometry  
28. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  G/TBT/N/UGA/1182  
 
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  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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/UGA/20_0328_00_e.pdf