G/TBT/N/UGA/1567  
15 March 2022  
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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 [   ], 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):  Maize 
grains (Corn); Maize or corn (HS 1005); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS 
67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 461: 
2022, Maize grains (Corn) — Specification, First Edition (18 pag e(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for maize grains (corn) of varieties grown from common 
maize grains, Zea mays indentata L., and/or Zea mays indurata L., or  their hybrids 
intended 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  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
2. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
3. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
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  4. ISO 605 , Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, 
and species and variety — Test methods  
5. ISO 711, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture cont ent 
(Basic reference method)  
6. ISO 712 , Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — 
Routine reference method  
7. ISO 5223, Test sieves for cereals  
8. ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead 
content — Flamel ess atomic absorption spectrometric method  
9. ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of 
cadmium content — Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
10. ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of 
cadmium content — Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
11. 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  
12. ISO 27085, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium, sodium, 
phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, 
molybdenum, arsenic, lead and cadmium by ICP -AES 
13. AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn 
and corn flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  
14. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
15. EAS 2:2012, Maize grains — Specification  
16. Cereals Grading and Marking Rules, 2001, Ministry of Agriculture, Government 
of India, Schedule V, Grade Designation and Definition of Quality of Maize  
17. CODEX STAN 153:1985 (Rev.1:1995), Standard for Maize (Corn)  
18. Corn, Official Grain Grading Guide, August 1, 2012, Canadian Grain Commi ssion 
19. United States Standards for Corn, Effective September 1996  
20. Malawi Standard, MBS 32:1998, Maize grain — Specification  
21. Ethiopian Standard, ES 679:2001, Maize (corn) — Specification  
22. CODEX STAN 193:1995 (Rev.5:2009), General standard for contaminants and  
toxins in foods  
23. CODEX STAN 228:2001 (Rev.1:2004), General methods of analysis for 
contaminants  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 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  G/TBT/N/UGA/1567  
 
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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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