G/TBT/N/UGA/1307  
26 April 2021  
(21-3498) 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):  Wheat or 
meslin flour (HS 1101); Prepackaged and prepared foods (ICS 67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  741:2021, Cassava wheat composite flour — Specification, First Edition 
(10 page(s), in E nglish)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for cassava -wheat composite flour for human consumption  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicab le: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of pre-packaged foods  
2. EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry 
EAS 900  
3. EAS 738 - Fresh sweet cassava -Specification  
4. EAS 778 - Fresh bitter cassava – Specification  
5. EAS 1 - Wheat flour – Specification  G/TBT/N/UGA/1307  
 
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  6. EAS 51 - Wheat grains S pecification  
7. EAS 739, Dried cassava chips — Specification  
8. EAS 744, Cassava and cassava products — Determination of total cyanogens ─ 
Enzymatic assay method  
9. EAS 82, Milled cereal products — Methods of test (General methods)  
10. ISO 712 Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — 
Reference method  
11. ISO 21527 -2 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less th an or equal to 0,95  
12. ISO 6579 -1- Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp.  
13. ISO 4833 -1 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enum eration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30°C by the pour plate 
technique  
14. 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 t echnique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -
D-glucuronide  
15. ISO 7305 Milled cereal products — Determination of fat acidity  
16. ISO 5498 Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — 
General method  
17. ISO 5986 Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of diethyl ether extract  
18. CODEX STAN 193 - Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in foods  
19. EAS 103, General standard for food additives  
20. EAS 740, Cassava flour ─ Specification  
21. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs ─ Determination of  aflatoxins B1 and 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 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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