G/TBT/N/UGA/1094  
 
18 June 2019  
(19-4148) 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  
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 [X], 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):  Raw goat 
milk; Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening 
matter (HS 0401 ); Milk and milk products in general (ICS 67.100.01)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 1548:2019, 
Raw goat milk — Specification, Second edition (26 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for raw goat milk.  
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; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/370  
2. US EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
3. US ISO 2446, Milk – Determination of fat content  
4. US ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk – Determination of total solids 
content (Reference method)  
5. US 45, General standard for food additives  
6. AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods 
Atomic absorption Spectrophotom etry after microwave Digestion  
7. US ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder – Determination of Aflatoxin M1 content – 
Clean -up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -
performance liquid chromatograph  
8. US 163, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
9. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  G/TBT/N/UGA/1094  
 
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  10. US ISO 707, Milk and milk products – Guidance on sampling  
11. US ISO 2446, Milk — Determination of fat content  
12. US ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
13. US 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  
14. US ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 2: Colony -count at 30 °C by the surface 
plating technique  
15. US ISO 5538, Milk and milk products — Sampling — Inspection by attributes  
16. US ISO 5764, Milk — Determ ination of freezing point — Thermistor cryoscope 
method (Reference method)  
17. US ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk — Determination of total solids 
content (reference method)  
18. US ISO 8197, Milk and milk products — Sampling — Inspection by variables  
19. US ISO 8968 -1, Milk — Determination of nitrogen content — Part 1: Kjeldahl 
method  
20. US ISO 13366 -1, Milk — Enumeration of somatic cells — Part 1: Microscopic 
method (Reference method)  
21. US ISO 22662, Milk and milk products — Determination of lactose content by 
high-performance liquid chromatography (Reference method  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2019  
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_3494_00_e.pdf