G/SPS/N/UGA/128  
 
25 February 2020  
(20-1433) 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):  Mozzarella cheese  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or coun tries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 1012:2020, 
Cheese  - Specification  - Mozzarella cheese, First edition . Language(s):  English . 
Number  of pages:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/UGA/20_1445_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for mozzarella cheese intended for direct consumption or for further 
processing.  
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
− CXS 283 -1978, General Standard for Cheese  
− CXS 221 -2001, Group Standard for Unripened Cheese including Fresh Cheese  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter numb er):  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
internati onal standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/128  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
− AOAC 926.08, Loss on drying (moisture) in cheese,  
− AOAC 980.21, Aflatoxin M1 in milk and cheese, Thin -layer chromatography,  
− CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene - Code of practice,  
− EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements,  
− CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives,  
− CODEX STAN 283, General standard for cheese,  
− ISO 1735, Cheese and processed cheese products - Determination of fat 
content -Gravimetric method (Reference method),  
− ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique,  
− ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizon tal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of salmonella - Part 1: Detection of salmonella SPP.,  
− ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of betaglucuronidase -positive Escherichia col i - Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 - bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl 
beta-D-glucuronide,  
− ISO 6611, Milk and milk products - Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts 
and/or moulds -Colonycount technique at 25 degrees C,  
− ISO 6888 -1, Micr obiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium,  
− ISO 11290 -2, Microbiology of the food chain  - Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria SPP. - Part 2: 
Enumeration method,  
− ISO 707, Milk and milk products - Guidance on sampling,  
− ISO 8197, Milk and milk products - Sampling - Inspection by variable s, 
− ISO 5738, Milk and milk products - Determination of copper content - Photometric 
method (reference method),  
− Uganda Gazette.  (available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2020.  
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 April 2020  
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) 417 333 250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 14 286 123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug  G/SPS/N/UGA/128  
 
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  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) 417 333 250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 414 286 123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug