G/TBT/N/UGA/1287  
8 March 2021  
(21-1922) 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  
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  
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 dif ferent 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):  Fixed 
vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically 
modified (excl. soya -bean, groundnut, olive, palm, sunflower -seed, safflower, cotton -
seed, coconut, palm kernel, babassu, rape, colza and mustard, li nseed, maize, castor and 
sesame oil) (HS 151590); Animal and vegetable fats and oils (ICS 67.200.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2172:2020, 
Chia oil — Specification, First Edition (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods of virgin chia ( Salvia hispanica L.  ) oil for human consumption.  
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  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods  
2. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
3. CODEX STAN 192, General Standard for Food Additives  
4. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
5. US 1659, Material in contact with food – Requirements for packaging materials  G/TBT/N/UGA/1287  
 
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  6. US EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and dr ink manufacturing industry — Code of 
practice  
7. US ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of acid value 
and acidity  
8. US ISO 661, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Preparation of test sample  
9. US ISO 662, Animal and vegetable fats and oil s — Determination of moisture 
and volatile matter content  
10. US ISO 3596, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of 
unsaponifiable matter — Method using diethyl ether extraction  
11. US ISO 3657, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of 
saponification value  
12. US ISO 3961, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of iodine 
value using diethyl ether extraction  
13. US ISO 5555, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Sampling  
14. US ISO 6320, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of refractive 
index  
15. US ISO 6321, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of melting 
point in open capillary tubes (slip point)  
16. US ISO 6883, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of 
conventional mass per volume (litre  weight in air)  
17. US ISO 8294, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of copper, 
iron and nickel contents — Graphite furnace atomic absorption method US ISO 
5555, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Sampling  
18. COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 8 December 2014 authorising the 
placing on the market of chia oil (Salvia hispanica) as a novel food ingredient 
under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2021  
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:   
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  
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