G/SPS/N/UGA/261  
28 July 2023  
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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):  Soya bean flour and meal (HS code(s): 120810); Cereals, pulses and 
derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060); Edible full fat soya flour  
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 DARS 935:2023, Edible full fat soya flour — 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English. Number of pages:  16 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/UGA/23_11329_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for edible full fat soybean flour obtained from soybean 
(Glycine  max (L.) Merr) for human consumption.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
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:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/261  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
− ARS 56, Prepackaged  foods — Labelling  
− ARS 872, Dry soybeans — Specification  
− AOAC Official Method 999.10:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
− AOAC Official Method 999.11:1999, Dete rmination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after dry ashing  
− AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and 
corn flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column  cleanup  
− CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
− CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
− ISO 3310 -1, Test sieves — Technical requirements and testing — Part 1: Test sieves of 
metal wire cloth  
− ISO 4833 , Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 °C  
− ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid;  
− ISO 6579, Microbiology of fo od and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp. 
− ISO 6888 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus 
aureus  and other species)  
− ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most probable number 
technique  
− ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding s tuffs — 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
− ISO 14902, Animal feeding staffs — Determination of trypsin inhibitor activity of soya 
products  
− Uganda Gazette  
(available in English)  
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) : 26 September 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] 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  G/SPS/N/UGA/261  
 
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  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