G/SPS/N/UGA/87  
 
10 September 2019  
(19-5785) Page: 1/3 
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):  Edible insects  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countri es:  
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS 2146:2019, Edible insects - Specification, First 
Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  16 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_4966_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for edible insects.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the  TBT Committee.  
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 st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/87  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− US ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of moisture and other volatile 
matter content  
− US ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of nitrogen content and 
calculation of crude protein content -- Part 1: Kjeldahl method  
− US ISO 6492, Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of  fat content  
− US ISO 5984, Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of crude ash  
− US ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
− US ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain -- Horizontal method for the 
enumeration o f microorganisms -- Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour 
plate technique  
− US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
− US EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
− US 45, General standar d for food additives  
− US ISO 4832 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms -- colony -count technique  
− US ISO 16649, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method for 
the enumer ation of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli -- Part 2: colony -count 
technique at 44 degrees c using 5 -Bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -d-glucuronide  
− ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) -- Part 3: detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
− Johnson D.V., 2010. Proceedings of a workshop on resources and their potential for 
development, pp. Bangkok, FAO Regional O ffice for Asia and the Pacific 5 -22 
− Ssepuuya, G., Mukisa, I. and Nakimbugwe, D., 2016. Nutritional composition, quality, 
and shelf stability of processed Ruspolia nitidula (edible grasshoppers). Food Science 
and Nutrition 5(1)  
− FAO (n.d). Edible insects: fu ture prospects for food and feed security. 
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=11&cad=rja&u
act=8&ved=2ahUKEwjo95uq85jkAhVPUBUIHQMBBAoQFjAKegQIABAC&url=http%3A%
2F%2Fwww.fao.org%2F3%2Fi3253e%2Fi3253e01.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3v -
7Ml8MO6S_tdH0cB -Y00. Accessed on 23 August 2019  
− Mbabazi, M., Byaruhanga, Y. B. and Omara, T. A., 2011. Edible insects  
in Eastern and Southern Africa: challenges and opportunities. 
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&c ad=rja&uac
t=8&ved=2ahUKEwidt9P69ZjkAhVBbFAKHaF8C80QFjADegQIABAC&url=http%3A%2F
%2Fwww.fao.org%2Fag%2Fhumannutrition%2F25341 -
0fd03d8f245773442abd150869408f6a5.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1kvdmlszq5dyeakTLEeJvE . 
Accessed on 23 August 2019,  
− Kelemu S., Niassy S., Torto B., F iaboe K., Affognon H., Tonnang H., Maniania K. and 
Ekesi S., 2015. African edible insects for food and feed: inventory, diversity, 
commonalities and contribution to food security. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed: 
1 (2) Pages: 103 -119 
− Uganda Gazette  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2019  
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   G/SPS/N/UGA/87  
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 9 November 2019  
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: http://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: http://www.unbs.go.ug