G/SPS/N/UGA/311  
23 January 2024  
(24-0487) Page: 1/2 
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):  Alfalfa meal and pellets (HS code(s): 121410); Animal feeding stuffs 
(ICS code(s): 65.120)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS DARS 1825 -2: 2023, Hay as animal feed Part 2: 
Alfalfa (Lucerne) hay - Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number  of 
pages:  14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/UGA/24_00654_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and test 
methods for alfalfa (lucerne) hay used as animal feed.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] 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 seria l 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 deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/311  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. ARS 56, Pre – packaged foods – Labelling  
2. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
3. ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of moisture and other volatile 
matter content  
4. ISO 5983 – 1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of nitrogen content and 
calculation of crude protein content — Part 1: Kjeldahl method  
5. ISO 6865, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude fibre content — Method 
with intermediate filtration  
6. ISO 5984, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude ash  
7. ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium content — Part 1  
8. ISO 6491, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of phosphorus content — 
Spectrometric method  
9. ISO 9831, Animal feeding stuffs, animal products, and faec es or urine — 
Determination of gross calorific value — Bomb calorimeter method  
10. ISO 16472, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of amylase -treated neutral 
detergent fibre content (aNDF)  
11. ISO 13906, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of acid detergent fib re (ADF) and 
acid detergent lignin (ADL) contents  
12. ISO 27085, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium, sodium, phosphorus, 
magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, molybdenum, arsenic, 
lead and cadmium by ICPAES  
13. ISO 6497, Animal  feeding stuffs — sampling  
14. Uganda Gazette  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
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) : To be determined.  
[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) : 23 March 2024  
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  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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: https://www.unbs.go.ug