G/TBT/N/UGA/1157  
19 December 2019  
(19-8860) 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  
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 [   ], 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):  Wheat 
bran, wheat pollard, Anim al feeds; - Of wheat (HS 230230); Animal feeding stuffs (ICS 
65.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
353:2019, Wheat bran and wheat pollard for animal feeds — Specification, Second Edition. 
(13 page(s), in Engl ish) 
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, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of animal or plant life or health; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/82  
2. EAS 353:2004, Wheat bran as animal feeds specification  
3. IS0 5510, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of available lysine  
4. ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of nitrogen content and 
calculation of crude pr otein content — Part 1: Kjeldahl method  
5. ISO 5984, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude ash  
6. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
7. ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium content — Part 1: 
Titrimetric method  
8. ISO 6491, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of phosphorus content — 
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  9. ISO 6492, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of fat content  
10. ISO 6495, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of water -soluble chlorides 
content  
11. ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of moisture and other volatile 
matter content  
12. ISO 6497, Animal feeding stuffs — Sampling  
13. ISO 6865, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude fibre content — Method 
with in termediate filtration  
14. ISO 9831, Animal feeding stuffs, animal products, and faeces or urine — 
Determination of gross calorific value — Bomb calorimeter method  
15. ISO 13903, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of amino acids content  
16. ISO 14718, Animal feeding  stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1 content of mixed 
feeding stuffs — Method using high -performance liquid chromatography  
17. ISO 17375, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1  
18. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the to tal content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
19. ISO 27085, Animal feeding stuff — Determination of calcium, sodium, 
phosphorous, magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, ma nganese, cobalt, 
molybdenum, arsenic, lead and cadmium by ICP -AES 
20. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020.  
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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/UGA/19_7329_00_e.pdf