G/SPS/N/UGA/313  
23 January 2024  
(24-0485) Page: 1/2 
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):  Sweetcorn " Zea mays var. Saccharata ", prepared or preserved 
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. frozen) (HS code(s): 200580); Cereals, 
pulses and d erived products (ICS code(s): 67.060); Feed maize  
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 DARS 939: 2023, Feed maize — Specification, First 
Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  16 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/UGA/24_00661_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specify the requirements, sampling 
and methods of tests for maize grain of varieties grown from common maize grains 
(Zea mays ) intended for the preparation of animal feeds. It does not apply to maize 
intended for human consumption.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] 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:  
[ ] Codex Alimentari us 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 standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/313  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
2. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
3. ISO 605, Pulses — Determination o f impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
4. ISO 711, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content (Basic 
reference method)  
5. ISO 712, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — Routine 
reference method  
6. 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  
7. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling AOAC Official Method 2001.04, 
Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and corn flakes — Liquid 
chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  
8. Uganda Gazette  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed dat e 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) : 23 March 2024  
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: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National No tification 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: https://www.unbs.go.ug