G/TBT/N/UGA/1309  
26 April 2021  
(21-3500) 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):  Flour, 
meal and powder of sago or of roots or tubers of manioc, arrowroot, salep, sweet potatoes 
and similar roots and tubers with a high content of starch or inulin of heading 0714 
(HS 110620); Prepackaged and prepared foods (ICS 67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  779:2021, High quality cassava flour — Specification, First Edition (9 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for high quality cassava flour, which is obtained from the processing of 
cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), intended for human consumption, and industrial use.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
appli cable:  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 labeling of prepackaged foods  
2. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry – Code of practice  
3. EAS 82, Milled cereal products — Methods of test (General methods)  
4. EAS 739, Dried cassava chips — Specification  G/TBT/N/UGA/1309  
 
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  5. EAS 744, Cass ava and cassava products — Determination of total cyanogens ─ 
Enzymatic assay method  
6. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed  
7. ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — 
General m ethod  
8. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
9. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escheric hia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
10. ISO 10520, Native starch — Determination of starch content — Ewers polarimetric 
method  
11. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in products 
with for water the less than or equal to 0.95  
12. EAS 738 -2010 Fresh sweet cassava – Specification  
13. EAS778: 2012 Fresh bitter cassava – Specification -Cassava chips  
14. AOAC 943.02 -1943, PH of flour. Potentiometric method  
15. AOAC 942 .15 Acidity (Titratable) of Fruit Products  
16. EAS 900, Cereals and Pulses - Sampling  
17. EAS 901, Cereals and Pulses – Test Methods  
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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