G/TBT/N/UGA /1140  
25 November 2019  
(19-8031) 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 [X], 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):  Roasted 
cashew kernels; -- Other, including mixtures (HS 200819); Fruits and derived products 
(ICS 67.080.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
1002:2019, Roasted cashew kernels — Specification, First Edition. (17 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, methods 
of sa mpling and test for roasted cashew kernels obtained from nuts of cashew tree 
(Anacardium occidentale, 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. DEAS 1001:2019, Raw Cashew kernels – SpecificationEAS 35, Fortified food grade 
salt—Specification  
2. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
3. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
4. ISO 542, Oilseeds — Sampling  
5. ISO 665, Oilseeds — Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  
6. ISO 729, Oilseeds — Determination of acidity of oils  
7. ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method for 
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  8. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
9. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
10. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — 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  
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_6661_00_e.pdf