G/TBT/N/UGA/1194  
21 February 2020  
(20-1353) 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  
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: http://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 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):  Mozzarella 
cheese; Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey cheese, and curd 
(HS 040610); Cheese (ICS 67.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  1012:2020, Cheese — Specification — Mozzarella cheese , First edition (15 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for mozzarella cheese intended for direct consumption or for further 
processing.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Stand ard was also notified to the SPS Committee.  
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. AOAC 926.08, Los s on drying (moisture) in cheese  
2. AOAC 980.21, Aflatoxin M1 in milk and cheese, Thin –layer chromatography  
3. CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  G/TBT/N/UGA/1194  
 
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  4. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
5. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
6. CODEX STAN 283, General standard for cheese  
7. ISO 1735, Cheese and processed cheese products — Determination of fat content — 
Gravimetric method (Reference method)  
8. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
9. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of salmonella — Part 1: Detection of salmonella SPP.  
10. ISO 16649 -2, Micr obiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of betaglucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 - bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-
glucuronide  
11. ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts 
and/or moulds — Colonycount technique at 25 degrees C  
12. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphyloc occus aureus 
and other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
13. ISO 11290 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria SPP. — Part 2: 
Enumeration method  
14. ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
15. ISO 8197, Milk and milk products — Sampling — Inspection by variables  
16. ISO 5738, Milk and milk products — Determination of copper content — 
Photometric method (reference method)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by Minister for 
Trade, Industries 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:   
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: http://www.unbs.go.ug  
https://www.unbs.go.ug/alerts.php?src=dsp  
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