G/SPS/N/UGA/175  
 
20 April 2022 
(22-3164) 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):  Sorghum flour, Prepared foods obtained by swelling or roasting 
cereals or cereal products, e.g. corn flakes (HS Code(s): 190410); Cereals, pulses and 
derived p roducts (ICS Code(s): 67.060)  
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 ARS 468:2022, Sorghum flour - Specifi cation, 
First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  16 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_2926_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for sorghum flour obtained from whole or decorticated sorghum grain of 
varieties Sorghum bicolour  (L.) Moench. for human consumption. It does not apply to grits 
or meal obtaine d from sorghum.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] 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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CXS 173 -1989, Standard for Sorghum Flour  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal H ealth Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/175  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. Uganda Gazette  
2. ARS 462, Sorghum grains — Specification  
3. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
4. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
5. AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and 
corn flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  
6. CODEX Stan 192, General standard for food additives  
7. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
8. ISO 711, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content (Basic 
reference method)  
9. ISO 712, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — Routine 
reference met hod 
10. ISO 1871, Food and feed products — General guidelines for the determination of 
nitrogen by the Kjeldahl method  
11. ISO 2171, Determination of ash content  
12. ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of mi croorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 degrees C  
13. ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination crude fibre content — General 
method  
14. ISO 3310 -1, Test sieves of metal wire cloth  
15. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
16. ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
17. ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
18. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp. 
19. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal met hod for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
20. ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of c oagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) — Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar medium  
21. ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positiv e staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
22. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  — Most probable number 
technique  
23. ISO 9648, Sorghum — Determination of tannin  
24. ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
25. 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  
26. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in products 
with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
27. ISO 27085, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium, sodium, phosphorus, 
magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, mangane se, cobalt, molybdenum, arsenic, 
lead and cadmium by ICPAES  
28. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  G/SPS/N/UGA/175  
 
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  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) : 19 June 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
avail able) 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 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