G/TBT/N/UGA/1192  
21 February 2020  
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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 different fr om 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):  Gouda 
Cheese; Other cheese (HS 040690); Cheese (ICS 67.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  1009:2019, Cheese — Specification — Gouda cheese, First edition (15 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of conten t: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for Gouda cheese intended for direct consumption or for further 
processing.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard 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 barri ers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 999.10, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in foods, 
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after Microwave Digestion  
2. CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
3. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  G/TBT/N/UGA/1192  
 
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  4. CODEX STAN 193, General standard for contaminants in food and feed  
5. CODEX STAN 283, General standard for cheese  
6. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
7. ISO 14501, Milk and m ilk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — Clean -
up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -performance 
liquid chromatography  
8. ISO 1735, Cheese and processed cheese products — Determination of fat content — 
Gravimetric method (R eference method)  
9. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
10. ISO 5534, Cheese and processed cheese — Determination of the total solids 
content (Reference)  
11. ISO 5538, Milk and milk products — Sampling — Inspection by attributes  
12. ISO 5738, Milk and milk products — Determination of copper content — 
Photometric method (reference method)  
13. ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts 
and/or moulds —Colonycount technique at 25 degrees C  
14. ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Methods of sampling  
15. ISO 8197, Milk and milk products — Sampling — Inspection by variables  
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: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
https://www.unbs.go.ug/alerts.php?src=dsp  
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