G/TBT/N/UGA/1178  
10 January 2020  
(20-0294) 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 [   ], 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):  Fortified 
composite flour; - Flour, meal and powder (HS 110510); Cereals, pulses and derived 
products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  1024:2019, Fortified composite flour — Specification, First Edition. (17 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, samp ling 
and test methods for fortified composite  flour intended for human consumption.  
Note: This draft 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; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
2. AOAC 953.17, Thiamine (vitamin B1) in grain products  
3. AOAC 970.65, Riboflavin(Vitamin B2) in Foods and Vitamin Pr  
4. AOAC 975.41, Niacin and Niacinamide in Cereal Products  
5. AOAC 961.15, Method modification for liquid chromatographic determination of 
thiamine, riboflavin, and pyridoxine in medical foods.  
6. AOAC 2004.05, Total Folates in Cereal  
7. AOAC 2001.13, Determination of Vitamins A (Retinol) and E (alpha -Tocopherol) 
in Foods by Liquid Chromatography: Collabo rative Study  
8. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
9. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
10. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  G/TBT/N/UGA/1178  
 
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  11. EAS 744, Cassava and cassava products — Determin ation of total cyanogens — 
Enzymatic assay method  
12. EAS 782, Composite flour —Specification  
13. EAS 900, Cereals and pulses — Sampling  
14. EAS 901, Cereals and pulses — Test methods  
15. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
16. EAS 804, Claims on foods — Requirements  
17. EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims — Requirements  
18. ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration 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  
19. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feedstuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0,95 
20. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the 
pour plate technique  
21. ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — 
Gener al method  
22. ISO 5506, Soya bean products — Determination of urease activity  
23. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
24. ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of 
cadmium content — Part 1:  Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
25. ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of 
cadmium content — Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
26. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
27. ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead 
content — Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
28. ISO 6888-1, Microbiology 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  
29. ISO 7305, Milled cereal products — Determination of fat acidity  
30. ISO 9648, Sorghum — Determination of tannin content  
31. ISO 20634, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of vitamin  B12 
by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP -HPLC)  
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/2020/TBT/UGA/20_0324_00_e.pdf