G/TBT/N/UGA/1910  
22 January 2024  
(24-0456) 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 different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Sweetcorn 
"Zea Mays var. Saccharata", prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic 
acid (excl. frozen) (HS code(s): 200580); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS 
code(s): 67.060); Feed maize  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 
939:2023, Feed maize — Specification, First Edition ; (16 page(s), in  English)  
Note: This Draft African Standard was also notified to the SPS Committee . 
6. Description of content:  This Draft African Standard specify the requirements, sampling 
and methods of tests for maize grain of varieties grown from common maize grains (Zea 
mays) intended for the preparation of animal feeds. It does not apply to maize intended 
for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of  deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevan t documents:   
1. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  G/TBT/N/UGA/1910  
 
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  2. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed  
3. ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and varieties — Test methods  
4. ISO 711, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content (Basic 
reference method)  
5. ISO 712, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — 
Routine reference method  
6. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin  B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxin B1, B2, G1and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High 
performance liquid chromatographic method  
7. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
8. AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 a nd B2 in corn 
and corn flakes —Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup 
Cereals Grading and Marking Rules, 2001, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of 
India, Schedule V, Grade Designation and Definition of Quality of Maize  
9. CODEX STAN 153:1 985 (Rev.1:1995), Standard for Maize (Corn)  
10. Corn, Official Grain Grading Guide, August 1, 2012, Canadian Grain Commission  
11. United States Standards for Corn, Effective September 1996  
12. CODEX STAN 193:1995 (Rev.5:2009), General standard for contaminants and 
toxins in foods  
13. CODEX STAN 228:2001 (Rev.1:2004), General methods of analysis for 
contaminants  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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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