G/TBT/N/UGA/557  
 
10 August 2016  
(16-4279) 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) : Palm stearin . Lard 
stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo -oil and tal low oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise 
prepared (HS : 1503),  – Palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof : (HS: 15132) . 
Edible oils and fats. Oilseeds (ICS : 67.200), Oilseeds (ICS : 67.200.20)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the no tified document : 
DUS DEAS  796:2016, Palm stearin  – Specification (17 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content : This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for crude and processed palm stearin derived from fle shy 
mesocarp of the fruit of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) . 
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Trade facilitation; Quality requirements ; Protection of human health or safety; 
Prevention of deceptive pr actices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents : 
1. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods  – Specification  
2. EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene for food and drink industries  
3. ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Determination of acid value and  
acidity  
4. ISO 662, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Determination of moisture and volatile 
matter content  
5. ISO 663, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Determination of insoluble impurities 
content  
6. ISO 2590, General method for determining of arsenic  – Diethyldithiocarbamate 
photometric method  
7. ISO 3596, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Determination of unsaponifiable 
matter  – Method using diethyl ether  
8. ISO 3657, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Determination of saponification value  G/TBT/N/UGA/557  
 
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  9. ISO 3960, Anima l and vegetable fats and oils  – Determination of peroxide value  – 
Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
10. ISO 3961, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Determination of iodine value  
11. ISO 5508, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Analysis by gas chromat ography of 
methyl esters of fatty acids  
12. ISO 5555, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Sampling  
13. ISO 6320, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Determination of refractive index  
14. ISO 6321, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Determination of melting point i n 
open capillary tubes (Slip point)  
15. ISO 8294, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Determination of copper, iron and 
nickel contents  – Graphite furnace atomic absorption method  
16. ISO 12193, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Determination of lead by direct  
graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy  
17. ISO 15305, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Determination of Lovibond colour  
9. Proposed date of adoption : December 2016  
Proposed date of entry into force : Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives   
10. Final date for comments : 1 November 2016  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body : 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/UGA/16_3148_00_e.pdf