G/SPS/N/UGA/82  
 
19 June 2019  
(19-4180) 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):  Raw goat milk  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countrie s:  
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS 1548:2019, Raw goat milk - Specification, Second 
edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  26 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_3497_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for raw goat milk.  
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 intern ational standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from t he 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− US EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
− US ISO 2446, Milk - Determination of fat content  G/SPS/N/UGA/82  
 
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  − US ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk - Determination of total solids content 
(Reference method)  
− US 45, General standard for food additives  
− AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods 
Atomic absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Digestion  
− US ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder - Determination of Aflatoxin M1 content - Clean -
up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -performance liquid 
chromatograph  
− US 163, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
− US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
− US ISO 707, Milk and milk products - Guidance on sampling  
− US ISO 2446, Milk - Determination of fat content  
− US ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizont al method for 
the enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
− US US ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony -count at 30 °C by the pour plate 
technique  
− US ISO 4833 -2, Microb iology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 2: Colony -count at 30 °C by the surface plating 
technique  
− US ISO 5538, Milk and milk products - Sampling - Inspection by attributes  
− US ISO 5764, Milk - Determination of freezing point - Thermistor cryoscope method 
(Reference method)  
− US ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk - Determination of total solids content 
(reference method)  
− US ISO 8197, Milk and milk products - Sampling - Inspection by variables  
− US ISO 8968 -1, Milk - Determination of nitrogen content - Part 1: Kjeldahl method  
− US ISO 13366 -1, Milk - Enumeration of somatic cells - Part 1: Microscopic method 
(Reference method)  
− US ISO 22662, Milk and milk products - Determination of lactose content by high -
perfor mance liquid chromatography (Reference method)  
− Uganda Gazette   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2019  
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) : 18 August 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if ava ilable) 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: http://www.unbs.go.ug  G/SPS/N/UGA/82  
 
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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: http://www.unbs.go.ug