G/SPS/N/UGA/113  
 
19 December 2019  
(19-8868) 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 bran, wheat pollard, Animal feeds  
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 DEAS 353:2019, Wheat bran and wheat pollard for 
animal feeds - Specification, Second Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of 
pages:  13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_7332_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for wheat bran and wheat  pollard for use as animal feedstuff and or 
ingredient for compounding animal feeds.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/113  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
Uganda Gazette,  
EAS 353:2004, Wheat bran as animal feeds specification,  
IS0 5510, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of available lysine,  
ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of nitrogen content and calculation of 
crude protein content - Part 1: Kjeldahl method,  
ISO 5984, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of crude ash,  
ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid,  
ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of calcium content - Part 1: Titrimetric 
method,  
ISO 6491, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of phosphorus content - Spectrometric 
method,  
ISO 6492, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of fat content,  
ISO 6495, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of water -soluble chlorides content,  
ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs - Deter mination of moisture and other volatile matter 
content,  
ISO 6497, Animal feeding stuffs - Sampling,  
ISO 6865, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of crude fibre content - Method with 
intermediate filtration,  
ISO 9831, Animal feeding stuffs, animal produc ts, and faeces or urine - Determination of 
gross calorific value - Bomb calorimeter method,  
ISO 13903, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of amino acids content,  
ISO 14718, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1 content of mixed feeding 
stuffs - Method using high -performance liquid chromatography,  
ISO 17375, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1,  
ISO 16050, Foodstuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of aflatoxins 
B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and  derived products - High-performance liquid 
chromatographic method,  
ISO 27085, Animal feeding stuff - Determination of calcium, sodium, phosphorous, 
magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, molybdenum, arsenic, lead 
and cadmium by ICP -AES, 
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements.  (available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2020.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : June 2020.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for Trade, Industry and 
Cooperatives.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notific ation and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 17 February 2020  
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 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug  G/SPS/N/UGA/113  
 
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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, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug