G/SPS/N/UGA/147  
 
6 April 2021  
(21-2847) 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):  Dairy whitener  
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 1600:2021, Dairy whitener - Specification, Second 
Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/UGA/21_2473_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and methods of test for dairy whitener.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect te rritory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international 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 Healt h (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 the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− IS 12299:1998, Dairy whitener - Specification;  
− US 1600:2015, Dairy whitener - Specification;  
− US EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice;  
− US 45, General standard for food additives;  G/SPS/N/UGA/147  
 
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  − US 163, Milk and milk products - Hygiene requirements;  
− US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed; 
− US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements;  
− US EAS 67, Raw cow milk - Specification;  
− FDUS  ISO 8156, Dried milk and dried milk products - Determination of insolubility 
index;  
− US EAS 81 -5, Milk powders ─ Determination of titratable acidity (Routine method);  
− US EAS 81 -2, Milk powders - Methods of analysis - Part 2: Determination of moisture 
conte nt (Reference method);  
− US EAS 81 -3, Milk powders ─ Methods of analysis ─ Part 3: Determination of fat 
content ─ Gravimetric method (Reference method);  
− US EAS 81 -1, Milk powders ─ Methods of analysis ─ Part 1: Determination of ash and 
alkalinity;  
− US EAS 68 -3, Milk and milk products - Methods of microbiological examination - Part 
3: Enumeration of colony forming units of yeasts and/or moulds - Colony -count 
technique at 25 °C;  
− US EAS 68 -2-1, Milk and milk products - Methods for microbiological examination - 
Part 2-1: Enumeration of coliforms ─ Colony count technique at 30 °C;  
− US EAS 162 -1, Milk and milk products - Part 1: Milk, cream and evaporated milk ─ 
Determination of total solids content (Reference method);  
− US ISO 707, Milk and milk products - Guidance on sampling;  
− US ISO 2446, Milk - Determination of fat content;  
− 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 6785, Milk and milk prod ucts - Detection of Salmonella  spp.; 
− US ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk - Determination of total solids content 
(Reference method);  
− US ISO 8968 -3, Milk - Determination of nitrogen content - Part 3: Block -digestion 
method (Semi -micro rapid routine  method);  
− US ISO 11866 -1, Milk and milk products - Enumeration of presumptive Escherichia 
coli - Part 1: Most probable number technique using 4 -methylumbelliferyl -beta-D-
glucuronide (MUG);  
− US ISO 5537, Dried milk - Determination of moisture content (Reference method);  
− US ISO 6092, Dried milk - Determination of titratable acidity (Routine method);  
− Uganda Gazette . 
(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 facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 5 June 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if availa ble) 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  G/SPS/N/UGA/147  
 
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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: https://www.unbs.go.ug