DRAFT UGANDA STANDARD  
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2017 
 
 
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Dairy Cattle feed premix  — Specification   
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 Foreword  
Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) is a parastatal under the Ministry of Trade , Industry and 
Cooperatives established under Cap 327 , of the Laws of Uganda , as amended .  UNBS is mandated  to co -
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The committee responsible for this document is Technical Committee UNBS /TC 2, Food and Agriculture , 
Subcommittee SC 9, Animal feed and feed ing stuff ]. 
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 Dairy cattle feed premix  — Specification  
1 Scope   
This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements for compounded dairy cattle feed premix used in animal 
feeds . 
2 Normative references   
The following referenced documents referred to in the  text in such a way that some or all of their content 
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated 
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.  
ISO 6497 , Animal feeding stuffs – Sampling  
CAC.RCP 53, Codex code of practice on good animal feeding  
3 Terms and definitions   
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.  
3.1 
Premix  
concentrated mixture of vitamins, trace  minerals and diluents. It may contain other feed additives such as 
amino acids or medicaments .  
3.2 
 Compound feeds  
mixture of feedstuffs blended from various raw materials and additives as a concentrate energy, protein, trace 
elements for dairy cattle …..  
3.3 
Dairy calves  
Young dairy cattle up to 3 months of age .  
 
3.4  
Weaners  
Young Dairy cattle between age 3 and 10 months .  
3.5 
Heifers  
Female dairy cattle 10months up to the point of 1st calving.  
 
3.6  
Mature Dairy cows  
adult female cattle especially b red and kept for milk production, and have calved at least once  
  
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 4 Quality requirements  
4.1 Raw materials  
4.1 FORM/PRESENTATION  
Premix shall be a fine powder, granular or liquid .  
4.2 The Premix shall be free from harmful constituents, metallic objects, adulterants, moulds, pathogenic 
micro -organisms or insect infestation and free from fermented, musty, rancid or uncharacteristic 
odour .  
4.3 The animal feed premix shall contain the following nutrients.   
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 Table of nutrients levels for lactating dairy cattl e feed premix  
Quality 
materials  Breeder  Grower  Chick & 
Duck  Layer  Broiler  
Vitamin A  15,000,000 
IU 8,500,000  12,500,000 
IU 10,000,000 
IU 15,000,000 IU  
Vitamin D3  3,000,000 
IU 2,000,000 
IU 2,500,000 IU  2,000,000 IU  3,000,000  IU  
Vitamin E  30,000 IU  8,000IU  10,000 IU  20,000 IU  25,000 IU  
Vitamin K  3,000 mg  2,000 mg  1,000 mg  2,000 mg  2,250 mg  
Vitamin B1  2,000 mg  1,500 mg  2,000 mg  2,000 mg  2,500 mg  
Vitamin B2  5,000 mg  5,000 mg  3,000 mg  3,000 mg  5,000 mg  
Biotin  75 mg  20 mg  50 mg  50 mg  60 mg  
Folic acid  1,500 mg 1,000 mg  1,200 mg  1,200 mg  1,500 mg  
Iron 48,000 mg  50,000 mg  30,000 mg  30,000 mg  300 mg  
Cobalt  900 mg  10,000 mg  200 mg  300 mg  40,000 mg  
Copper  7,500 mg  100 mg  4,000 mg  8,000 mg  750 mg  
Manganese  60,000 mg  5,000 mg  80,000 mg  80,000 mg  100,000 mg  
Vitamin B6  6,000 mg  3,000 mg  3,000 mg  2,000 mg  5,000 mg  
Vitamin B 12  25 mg  10 mg  12 mg  12 mg  20 mg   
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 Pantothenic  13,000 mg  6,000 mg  5,000 mg  2,000mg  10,000 mg  
Niacin  30,000 mg  22,000 mg  20,000 mg  18,000 mg  25,000 mg  
Choline -cl 300,000 mg  - 250,000 mg  60,000 mg 300,000 mg  
Zinc 60,000 mg  5,000 mg  50,000 mg  60,000 mg  50,000 mg  
Iodine  1,500 mg  5,000 mg  1,000 mg  1,500 mg  1,250 mg  
Selenium  450 mg  10,000 mg  100 mg  100 mg  250 mg  
Antioxydants  qs 500 mg  qs qs qs 
Carrier  qs 100 mg  qs qs qs 
 
ii)Vitamin B12 may subs titute cobalt at a minimum rate of 3000 μg/kg to represent 100 μg/kg of cobalt with no upper limit.  
5 Food additive  
Only the food additives permitted in US 45 for food additives may be used  
6 Hygiene  
Cattle feed premix shall be produced and handled in acc ordance with CAC/RCP 54  
7. PACKAGING  
7.1 Packaging  
7..1 Dairy cattle feed premix for sale shall be packed in containers which are of sufficient strength and 
sufficiently sealed so as to withstand reasonable handling without tearing, bursting or falling o pen during 
normal handling and transportation.  
7.2 Each container for feed premix shall be new, clean and free from visible indications of contamination, 
infection and insect infestation.  
8 Weights and measures  
  
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 9 Labelling  
In addition to the requirement s in US EAS 38, the following specific labelling requirements shall apply and 
shall be legibly and indelibly marked   
i. Name of product; as “cattle feed premix” or x premix where x is the stage  
ii. Category of cattle for which it is intended;  
iii. Net Weight  in metri c units ;  
iv. Batch number;  
v. Name and physical address of the manufacturer;  
vi. Date of manufacture and expiry /best before date   
vii. Nutrient declaration: -  
viii. Instructions for use and storage  
ix. Country of origin;  
x. The statement “cattle Food”;  
xi. Storage conditions  
10. Sampl ing  
Dairy cattle feed premix  shall be sampled in accordance to ISO 6497  
  
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 Bibliography  
[1] KS 2500, Cattle feed premix es specification   
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 Certification marking  
Products that conform to Uganda standards may be marked with Uganda National Bureau of Standards 
(UNBS) Certification Mark shown in the figure below.  
The use of the UNBS Certification Mark is governed by the Standards Act, and the Regulations made 
thereunder. This mark can be used only by those licensed under the certification mark scheme operated by 
the Uganda National Bureau of Standards and in conjunction with the relevant Uganda Standard. The 
presence of this mark on a product or in relation to a product is an assurance that the goods comply with the 
requirements of that standard under a system of s upervision, control and testing in accordance with the 
certification mark scheme of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards. UNBS marked products are 
continually checked by UNBS for conformity to that standard.  
Further particulars of the terms and conditi ons of licensing may be obtained from the Director, Uganda 
National Bureau of Standards.  
 
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