G/TBT/N/UGA/1810  
28 July 2023  
(23-5157) Page: 1/3 
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 [X], 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):  Soya bean 
flour and meal (HS code(s): 120810); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 
67.060)  
Edible full fat soya flour  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 
935:2023, Edible full fat soya flour — Specification, First Edition.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the SPS Committee.; (16 pag e(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for edible full fat soybean flour obtained from soybean(Glycine 
max(L.) Merr) 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; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/UGA/1810  
 
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  8. Relevant do cuments:   
1. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
2. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
3. ARS 872, Dry soybeans — Specification  
4. AOAC Official Method 999.10:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, 
copper, iron and zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry 
after microwave digestion  
5. AOAC Official Method 999.11:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, 
copper, iron and zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophoto metry 
after dry ashing  
6. AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 
in corn and corn flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity 
column cleanup  
7. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
8. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins 
in food and feed  
9. ISO 3310 -1, Test sieves — Technical requirements and testing — Part 1: 
Test sieves of metal wire cloth  
10. ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of  microorganisms — Colony -count 
technique at 30 °C  
11. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
12. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
13. ISO 68 88 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — 
Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive 
staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species)  
14. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
metho d for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli 
— Most probable number technique  
15. ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction 
method  
16. ISO 14902, Animal feeding staffs — Determination of trypsin inhibitor 
activity of soya products  
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  G/TBT/N/UGA/1810  
 
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  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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