G/SPS/N/UGA/142  
 
7 December 2020  
(20-8784) Page: 1/2 
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):  Cocoa butter  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 1032:2020, Cocoa butter for food industry 
- Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/UGA/20_7493_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and 
test methods for cocoa butter for  human consumption.  
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 international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CXS 86 -1981, Standard for  Cocoa Butter  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− Uganda Gazette;  
− DEAS 1030, Cocoa be ans - Specification;  
− AOAC 960.31, Fatty acids (water -insoluble) and butyric acid;  
− AOAC 975.13, Unsaponifiable Matter in Cocoa Butter - Ether;  G/SPS/N/UGA/142  
 
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  − AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods, 
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after Dry Ashing;  
− Codex Stan 192, Codex general standard for food additives;  
− CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling;  
− CAC/GL 75, Guidelines on substances used as processing aids;  
− EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Specification;  
− EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice;  
− 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-
perfor mance liquid chromatographic method;  
− ISO 16654 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs ― Horizontal method for 
the detection of Escherichia coli  O157;  
− 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;  
− ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain ― Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of salmonella ― Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp.; 
− ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain ― Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of microorganisms ― Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate 
technique;  
− ISO 15141, Cereals and cereal products ― Determin ation of ochratoxin A ― High 
performance liquid chromatographic method with immunoaffinity column cleanup and 
fluorescence.  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2021  
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 fac ilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 5 February 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] 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: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail addre ss (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