G/SPS/N/UGA/152  
 
26 April 2021  
(21-3477) 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):  Dried cassava leaves  
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 1041:2021, Dried cassava leaves - 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  11 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/UGA/21_2943_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for dried cassava leaves, obtained from fresh cassava 
(Manihot esculenta  Crantz) leaves intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] anim al 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 av ailable:   
− CODEX STAN 192, General Standard for Food Additives;  
− CODEX STAN 193, Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and 
Feed;  G/SPS/N/UGA/152  
 
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  − EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements;  
− EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice;  
− EAS 744, Cassava and cassava products - Determination of total cyanogens - 
Enzymatic assay method;  
− ISO 16050, Foodstuffs - Determination of aflatoxins B1 and total content of aflatoxins 
B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereal s, nuts, and derived products - High performance liquid 
chromatographic method;  
− ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli  - Part 2: Colony -
count techn ique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-
glucuronide;  
− 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 activ ity less than or equal to 0.95;  
− ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products - Determination of ash yield by 
incineration;  
− ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of micro -organisms - Part 1: Colony -count at 30 degre es C - Pour plate technique;  
− ISO 5498, Agricultural food products - Determination of crude fibre content - General 
method;  
− ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid;  
− ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and erotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp; 
− 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 fac ilitating 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 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  
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