G/SPS/N/UGA/177  
 
20 April 2022 
(22-3166) 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):  Husked or brown rice (HS Code(s): 100620); Cereals, pulses and 
derived products (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 859:2022, Brown rice - Specification, 
First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  20 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_2928_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for brown rice of the varieties grown from Oryza spp., 
intended for human consumption or for further processing. This standard does not apply to 
parboiled rice.  
7. Obje ctive and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the st andard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CXS 198 -1995, Standard for Rice  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health 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/177  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
2. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
3. ARS 858, Rough (paddy) rice — Specification  
4. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
5. ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
6. ISO 711, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content (Basic 
reference method)  
7. ISO 712, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — Routine 
reference method  
8. ISO 5984, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude ash  
9. ISO 6579, Microbiology of  food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp. 
10. ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
11. ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
12. ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead content — 
Flameless atomic absorption spectr ometric method  
13. ISO 6639 -1, Cereals and pulses — Determination of hidden insect infestation — Part 1: 
General principles  
14. ISO 6639 -2, Cereals and pulses — Determination of hidden insect infestation — Part 2: 
Sampling  
15. ISO 6639 -3, Cereals and pulses — Determin ation of hidden insect infestation — Part 3: 
Reference method  
16. ISO 6639 -4, Cereals and pulses — Determination of hidden insect infestation — Part 4: 
Rapid methods  
17. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumera tion of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
18. ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive s taphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) — Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar medium  
19. ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
20. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  — Most probable numb er 
technique  
21. 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  
22. ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses — Determination of  the nitrogen content and 
calculation of the crude protein content — Kjeldahl method  
23. 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  
24. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
25. ISO 27085, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium, sodium, phosphorus, 
magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, molybdenum, arsenic, 
lead and cadmium by ICPAES  
26. AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and 
corn flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  
27. United States Standards for Brown Rice for Processing, Updated July 2005  
28. ISO 73 01:2011, Rice — Specification  
29. CODEX STAN 198 -1995, Standard for Rice  
30. ISO 5223, Test sieves for cereals  
31. ISO/TS 8000 -1:2011, Data quality — Part 1: Overview  
32. Uganda Gazette  (available in English)  G/SPS/N/UGA/177  
 
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  10. Proposed date 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) : 19 June 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail add ress (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 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