G/TBT/N/UGA/1514  
8 December 2021  
(21-9196) 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: https://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 dif ferent 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):  Dairy 
creams, Prepared creams; Milk and cream in solid forms, of a fat content by weight of 
<= 1,5% (HS 040210); Milk and processed milk products (ICS 67.100.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 1987:202 1, 
Dairy Creams and prepared creams — Specification, Second Edition (12 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard prescribes the requirements, 
methods of sampling and test for dairy creams and prepared creams for direct hum an 
consumption or further processing.  
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; Q uality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/912  
2. G/TBT/N/UGA/912/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/UGA/912/Add.2  
4. US 163, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
5. US EAS 38, Labelling of prepackaged foods  G/TBT/N/UGA/1514  
 
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  6. US ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
7. US ISO 6785, Milk and milk products — Detection of Salmonella spp.  
8. US ISO 3727 -2:, Butter – Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat 
contents – Part 2: Determination of  
9. non-fat solids content (Reference method  
10. US ISO 11866, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of presumptive 
Escherichia coli  
11. US CODEX STAN 243 Standard for fermented milks  
12. US EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
13. US 28 Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
14. US  ISO  8262-
3  Milk  products   and  milkbased   foods   —  Determination  of  fat  content   by  
the  Weibull -Berntrop  
15. gravimetric method (Reference method) — Part 3: Special cases  
16. US ISO 707 Milk and milk products – Guidance on sampling  
17. US ISO 1740 Milk fat products and butter - Determination of fat acidity 
(Reference method)  
18. DUS ISO 19660:2018 Cream — Determination of Fat Content — Acido -
Butyrometric Method  
19. DUS ISO 2450 Cream — Determination of Fat Content — Gravimetric Method 
(Reference Method)  
20. DUS ISO/TS 2 2113 Milk and Milk Products — Determination of the Titratable 
Acidity of Milk Fat  
21. CXS 288 -1976, Standard for creams and prepared creams.    
22. KS 35:2018, Dairy creams and prepared creams — Specification    
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry 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: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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