G/SPS/N/UGA/74  
 
2 April 2019  
(19-2063) 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): Pasteurized goat milk  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent re levant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS 2026:2019, Pasteurized goat milk - Specification, 
First Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_1842_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and 
method s of test and sampling for pasteurized goat's milk.  
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:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it de viates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
− US 1548, Raw goat milk - Specification  
− US ISO 2446, Milk - Determination of fat content  
− AOAC  999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods 
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  − US ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk - Determination of total solids content 
(Reference method)  
− US ISO 11816 -1, Milk and milk products - Determination of alkaline phosphatase 
activity - Part 1: Fluorimetric method for milk and milk -based drinks  
− US ISO 5764, Milk - Determination of freezing point - Thermistor cryoscope method  
− US 163, Milk and milk products - Hygien e requirements  
− US 28, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
− US ISO 707, Milk and milk products - Guidance on sampling  
− US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
− US EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
− US EAS 804, Claims on food - Requirements  
− US 1659, Materials in contact with food - Requirements for packaging materials  
− US ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder - Determination of Aflatoxin M1 content - Clean -
up by immunoaffinity chromatography and d etermination by high -performance liquid 
chromatography  
− US ISO 6888 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and 
other species) - Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
− US ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp 
− US ISO 11290 -1 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes - Part 1: Detection 
method  
− US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable 
number technique  
− US ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
− US ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate 
technique  
− Uganda Gazette   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2019  
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 facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of oth er 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: http://www.unbs.go.ug  G/SPS/N/UGA/74  
 
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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) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug