G/TBT/N/UGA/844  
 
5 June 2018  
(18-3381) 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 [  X ], 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): Milk 
powders, milk cream powder  
Milk and milk products in general (ICS 67.100.01).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DEAS 49: 
2018, Milk powders and cream powder, 2nd Edition. (15 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for milk powders and cr eam powder intended for direct human 
consumption or for further processing.  
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. US EAS 49, Yoghurt — Specification  
2. AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods 
Atomic absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Digestion  
3. CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General principle for food hygiene  
4. CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
5. CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
6. EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods — General requirements  
7. EAS 67, Raw cow milk — Specification  
8. EAS 69, Pasteurised milk — Specification  
9. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
10. ISO 1736, Dried milk and dried milk products — Determination of fat co ntent -- 
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  11. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms — Colony count technique  
12. 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  
13. ISO 5537, Dried milk — Determination of moisture content (Reference method)  
14. ISO 6091, Dried milk — Determination of titratable acidity (Reference method)  
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 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts 
and/or moulds — Colony -count technique at 25 degrees C  
17. ISO 8156, Dried milk and dried milk products — Determination of insolubility index  
18. ISO 8968 -1, Milk and milk products — Determination of nitrogen content — Part 1: 
Kjeldahl principle and crude protein calculation  
19. 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)  
20. ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — 
Clean -up by immun oaffinity chromatography and determination by high -
performance liquid chromatography  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2018.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives.  
10. Final date for comments: 60 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_2833_00_e.pdf