G/SPS/N/UGA/149  
 
26 April 2021  
(21-3480) Page: 1/2 
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):  Food grade cassava starch  
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 742, Food grade cassava starch - 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/UGA/21_2940_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for food grade cassava starch.  
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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of pre -packaged foods;  
− EAS 103, G eneral standard for food additives;  
− EAS 738 Fresh sweet cassava ─ Specification;  
− EAS 739 Dried cassava chips ─ Specification;  G/SPS/N/UGA/149  
 
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  − ISO 1666, Starch ─ Determination of moisture content ─ Oven -drying method;  
− ISO 5809, Starches and derived products ─ Determination of sulphated ash;  
− ISO 5810, Starches and derived products ─ Determination of chloride content ─ 
Potentiometric method;  
− 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 10520, Native starch ─ Determination of starch content ─ Ewers polarimetric  
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;  
− ISO 6579 -1- Microbiology of the fo od chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp.; 
− ISO 4833 -1 Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 3 0 °C by the pour plate technique;  
− ISO 5498 Agricultural food products - Determination of crude fibre content - General 
method;  
− CODEX STAN 193 - Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in foods;  
− EAS 740, Cassava flour ─ Specification;  
− EAS 744 Cass ava and cassava products - Determination of total cyanogens - 
Enzymatic assays method;  
− AOAC 943.02, PH of flour. Potentiometric method;  
− Uganda Gazette.  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2021  
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 comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 June 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National E nquiry 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  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail addre ss (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