G/SPS/N/UGA/106  
 
27 November 2019  
(19-8126) 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):  Sesame seeds  
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 DEAS 1006:2019, Sesame (simsim) - 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_6708_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for sesame ( Sesamun indicum .L.) intended 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 hum ans 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/106  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry 
Codex Stan 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed EAS 
38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
− ISO 542, Oilseeds - Sampling  
− ISO 605, Pulses - Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety - Test methods  
− ISO 659, Oilseeds - Determination of oil content (Reference method)  
− ISO 665, Oilseeds - Determination of moisture content  
− ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuff - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
− ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff - Horizontal method for the 
determination of Salmonella  spp 
− ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detecti on and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable number 
technique  
− ISO 16050, Food stuffs - 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  
− 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  
− Product fact sheet - Sesame -Europe - Vegetable oils - oil seeds, 2013  
− IS 4429, Grading for sesame seeds for oil milling  
− Uganda Gazette  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2020  
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) : Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for Trade, 
Industry and Cooperatives.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for c omments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 26 January 2020  
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  
Websi te: http://www.unbs.go.ug  G/SPS/N/UGA/106  
 
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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: http://www.unbs.go.ug