G/TBT/N/UGA/991  
 
7 November 2018  
(18-6976) 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): 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 EAS 
782:2018, Composite flour - Specification, Second Edition (12 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test metho ds for composite flour intended for human consumption. This standard 
does not apply where there are specific standards for blends or composites exist.  
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. EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of pre -packaged foods  
2. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
3. EAS 744, Cassava and cassava products - Determination of total cyanogens - 
Enzymatic assay method  
4. EAS 900, Cereals and Pulses - Sampling  
5. EAS 901, Cereals and Pulses - Test Methods  
6. Codex Stan 192, General Standard of Food Additive  
7. CODEX STAN 193, Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food 
and Feed  
8. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate.  G/TBT/N/UGA/991  
 
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  9. 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  
10. AOAS Ba9 -58, Determination of Urease Activity  
11. ISO 5498, Agricultural food products - Determination o f crude fibre content - 
General method  
12. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
13. ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of cadmium 
content - Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atom ic absorption spectrometry  
14. ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of cadmium 
content - Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
15. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
16. ISO 6633 Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content 
- Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
17. ISO 7305, Milled cereal products - Determina tion of fat acidity  
18. ISO 9648, Sorghum - Determination of tannin content  
19. ISO 14902, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of trypsin inhibitor activity of 
soya products  
20. ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of betaglucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli - Part 2: Colony -
count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-
glucuronide  
21. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enumerat ion of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
9. Proposed date of adoption: March 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  
10. Final date for comments: 12 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/2018/TBT/UGA/18_5771_00_e.pdf