G/TBT/N/UGA/1516  
8 December 2021  
(21-9199) 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 dif ferent 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):  Sorghum 
malt; Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not 
containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted 
basis, n.e.s. and food preparations of milk, cream, butt er milk, sour milk, sour cream, 
whey, yogurt, kephir or similar goods of heading 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or 
containing < 5% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s. (excl. 
for infant use, put up for retail sale, and mixe s and doughs for the preparation of bakers' 
wares of heading 1905) (HS 190190); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS nnnn:2021, 
Sorghum malt — Specification, First Editio n (24 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This standard prescribes the requirements and methods of 
sampling and test for Sorghum malt.  
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. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food ― Silver diethyldibocarbamate method  
2. AOAC 972.23, Lead in fish ― Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method  G/TBT/N/UGA/1516  
 
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  3. AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food ― Atomic absorption spectrophotometric 
method  
4. AOAC 983.20, Mercury (methyl) in fish and shellfish ― Gas chromatographic 
method  
5. US 1659, Materials in contact with food — Requirements f or packaging materials  
6. US 28 EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
7. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
8. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
9. US EAS 90 0, Cereals and pulses — Sampling  
10. US EAS 901, Cereals and pulses — Test methods  
11. US EAS 758, Whole Millet grain — Specification  
12. US ISO 15089, Water quality Guidelines for selective immunoassays for the 
determination of plant treatment and pesticide agents  
13. ISO 16649 -2 
14. AOAC 967.26  
15. ISO 6888 -1 
16. ISO 21527 -2 
17. IS 6895 -1973, Indian Standard specification for barley malt  
18. US 334:2020, Barley grains — Specification  
19. India Online ISSN: 2319 -7064, Volume 2 Issue 9, September 2013, 
International Journal of Science a nd Research (IJSR)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  February 2022  
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:   
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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