G/SPS/N/UGA/180  
 
20 April 2022  
(22-3169) 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):  Wheat grains, Wheat and meslin (excl. seed for sowing, and durum 
wheat) (HS Code(s): 100199); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS Code(s): 
67.060)  
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 ARS 465:2022, Wheat grains - Specification, 
First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_2931_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for wheat grains of varieties (cultivars) grown from common 
wheat ( Triticum aestivum  L.), club wheat ( T. compactum  Host.) and Triticum tauschii  (soft 
wheat) intended for human consumption. Durum wheat ( Triticum durum ) is excluded from 
this standard.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or s erial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CXS 199 -1995, Standard for Wheat and Durum 
Wheat  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Conventio n (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how  and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/180  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. Uganda Gazette  
2. ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
3. ISO 712, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — Routine 
reference method  
4. ISO 3093, Wheat, rye and respective flours, durum wheat and durum wheat semolina 
—Determination of the Falling Number according to Hagberg -Perten 
5. ISO 5223, Test sieves for cereals  
6. ISO 6639 -1, Cereals and pulses — Determination of hidden insect infestation — Part 1: 
General principles  
7. ISO 6639 -2, Cereals  and pulses — Determination of hidden insect infestation — Part 2: 
Sampling  
8. ISO 6639 -3, Cereals and pulses — Determination of hidden insect infestation — Part 3: 
Reference method  
9. ISO 6639 -4, Cereals and pulses — Determination of hidden insect infestation — Part 4: 
Rapid methods  
10. ISO 7932, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of presumptive Bacillus cereus — Colony -count technique at 30 degrees C  
11. ISO 7971 -1, Cereals — Determination of bulk density, called "mas s per hectolitre" — 
Part 1: Reference method  
12. ISO 7971 -2, Cereals — Determination of bulk density, called "mass per hectolitre" — 
Part 2: Routine method  
13. ISO 13690, Cereals, pulses and milled products — Sampling of static batches  
14. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High performance 
liquid chromatographic method  
15. ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses — Determination of the nitrogen content and 
calculation of the crude protein content — Kjeldahl method  
16. CODEX STAN 1, General Standard for the labelling of prepackaged foods  
17. CAC/RCP 1, Recommended international code of practice — General principles of food 
hygiene  
18. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contamin ants and toxins in food and 
feed 
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
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) : To be determined.  
[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) : 19 June 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] 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 63 29 
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/180  
 
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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, Ug anda 
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug