G/SPS/N/UGA/15  
 
11 June 2018  
(18-3610) 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): Ghee 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practic able: 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS DEAS 915: 2018, Ghee  - Specification . 
Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/UGA/18_2865_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for ghee intended for human consumption.  
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:  
 Uganda Gazette  
 AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods 
Atomic absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Digestion  
 CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice - General principle for food hygiene  G/SPS/N/UGA/15  
 
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   CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
 EAS 22, Butter - Specification  
 EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods - General requirements  
 EAS 67, Raw  cow milk - Specification  
 EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
 ISO 663, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of insoluble impurities 
content  
 ISO 707, Milk and milk products - Guidance on sampling  
 ISO 1740, Milkfat products and butter - Determination of fat acidity (Reference 
method)  
 ISO 3727 -1, Butter - Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents - Part 
1: Determination of moisture content (Reference method)  
 ISO 3727 -3, Butter - Determination of moisture, non -fat solids a nd fat contents - Part 
3: Calculation of fat content  
 ISO 3960, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of peroxide value - 
Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
 ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumerat ion of 
microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate technique  
 ISO 6320, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of refractive index  
 ISO 6321, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of melting point in open 
capillary tubes (slip point)  
 ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp 
 ISO 6611, Milk and milk products - Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts 
and/or moulds - Colony -count technique at 25 degrees C  
 ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aur eus and other 
species) - Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
 ISO 8294, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of copper, iron and 
nickel contents - Graphite furnace atomic absorption method  
 ISO 11866 -1, Milk and milk products - Enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - 
Part 1: Most probable number technique using 4 -methylumbelliferyl -beta-D-
glucuronide (MUG)  
 ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder - Determination of aflatoxin M1 content - Clean -up 
by immunoaffinity chromatography and  determination by high -performance liquid 
chromatography   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2018  
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) : 10 Augus t 2018  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] 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  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  G/SPS/N/UGA/15  
 
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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  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug