G/TBT/N/UGA/1156  
19 December 2019  
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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):  Animal 
feeds, livestock feedstuffs; - Other (HS 230990); Animal feeding stuffs (ICS 65.120)  
5. Title, number of p ages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
287:2019, Oilseed cakes and meal for animal feeds — Specification, First Edition. (15 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for for oilseed cakes and meal used as livestock feedstuffs.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of animal or plant life or health; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. IS0 5510 , Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of available lysine  
2. ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of nitrogen content and 
calculation of crude protein content — Part 1: Kjeldahl method  
3. ISO 5984, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude ash  
4. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
5. ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium content — Part 
1: Titrimetric method  
6. ISO 6491, Animal feeding stuffs — Determinati on of phosphorus content — 
Spectrometric method  
7. ISO 6492, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of fat content  
8. ISO 6495, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of water -soluble chlorides 
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  9. ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of moisture an d other volatile 
matter content  
10. ISO 6497, Animal feeding stuffs — Sampling  
11. ISO 6865, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude fibre content — 
Method with intermediate filtration  
12. ISO 9831, Animal feeding stuffs, animal products, and faeces or urine — 
Determination of gross calorific value — Bomb calorimeter method  
13. ISO 13903, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of amino acids content  
14. ISO 14718, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1 content of 
mixed feeding stuffs — Method using high -performance liquid chromatography  
15. ISO 17375, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1  
16. 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-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
17. ISO 27085, Animal feeding stuff — Determination of calcium, sodium, 
phosphorous, magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, 
molybdenum, arsenic, lead and cadmium by ICP -AES 
18. ISO 660, Animal and vegetabl e fats and oils — Determination of acid value and 
acidity  
19. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
20. EAS 287:2002, Oilseed cakes for animal feeds specification  
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.  
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/2019/TBT/UGA/19_7328_00_e.pdf