G/TBT/N/UGA /1144  
25 November 2019  
(19-8037) 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  
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 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):  Sesame 
seeds; - Sesamum seeds (HS 120740); Oilseeds (ICS 67.200.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
1006:2019, Sesame(simsim) — Specification, First Edition. (15 page(s), in English)  
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 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  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. 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  
2. ISO 542, Oilseeds — Sampling  
3. ISO 605 , Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
4. ISO 659, Oilseeds — Determination of oil content (Reference method)  
5. ISO 665, Oilseeds – Determination of moisture content  
6. ISO 5985, Animal feeding  stuff — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
7. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff — Horizontal method for 
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  8. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
9. 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  
10. 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  
11. Produc t fact sheet – Sesame –Europe - Vegetable oils - oil seeds, 2013  
12. IS 4429, Grading for sesame seeds for oil milling  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020  
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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/UGA/19_6666_00_e.pdf