G/TBT/N/UGA/1518  
10 December 2021  
(21-9259) 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):  Breakfast 
cereals; Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of 
unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals (HS 190420); Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number o f pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 979:2021, 
Breakfast cereals — Specification, Second edition (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for brea kfast cereals intended 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; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/331  
2. AOAC 923.03, Determination of Ash in Cereals foods/flour  
3. US 1851, Rice flour — Specification  
4. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  G/TBT/N/UGA/1518  
 
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  5. US 28 EAS 39, Code of Practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
6. US ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
7. US ISO 712, Cereals and cereal products -- Determination of moisture content -
- Reference method  
8. US ISO 5498, Agricultural food products - Determination of crude fibre content - 
General method  
9. US ISO 730 5, Milled cereal products - Determination of fat acidity  
10. US ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products -- Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
11. US ISO 1871, Food and feed products - General guidelines for the determination 
of nitrogen by the Kjeldahl method  
12. US ISO 5498, Agricultural food products - Determination of crude fibre content - 
General method  
13. US EAS 803 , Nutrition labelling – Requirements  
14. US EAS 804, Claims on food – Requirements  
15. US EAS 805,  Use of nutrition and health claims – Requir ements  
16. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
17. US ISO 11085:2015, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs 
— Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction 
method  
18. US 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  
19. US 979:2013 , Breakfast cereals — Specification  
20. DKS 523 -2: 2010,  Breakfast cereals — Specification Part 2:  Flaked/puffed 
cereals (ready -to-eat) 
21. Emission factor documentation for ap -42 section 9.9.2 Cereal Breakfast Food 
Final l Report, 1995  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2022  
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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