G/TBT/N/UGA/1046  
 
2 April 2019  
(19-2075) 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):  
Pasteurized goat milk; Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter (HS 0401); Milk and processed milk products (ICS 67.100.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2026:2019, 
Pasteurized goat milk  — Specification, First Edition. (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and 
methods of test and sampling for pasteurized goat 's milk.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive p ractices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. US 1548, Raw goat milk – Specification  
2. US ISO 2446, Milk – Determination of fat content  
3. AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods 
Atomic absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Digestion  
4. US ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk – Determination of total solids 
content (Reference method)  
5. US ISO 11816 -1, Milk and milk products – Determination of alkaline 
phosphatase activity – Part 1: Fluorimetric method for milk and milk -based 
drinks  
6. US ISO 5764, Milk – Determination of freezing point – Thermistor cryoscope 
method  
7. US 163 , Milk and milk products — Hygiene requirements  
8. US 28, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  G/TBT/N/UGA/1046  
 
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  9. US ISO 707, Milk and milk products – Guidance on sampling  
10. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
11. US EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
12. US EAS 804, Claims on food — Requirements  
13. US 1659, Materials in contact with food — Requirements for packaging materials  
14. US ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder – Determination of Aflatoxin M1 content – 
Clean -up by im munoaffinity chromatography and determination by 
high-performance liquid chromatography  
15. US ISO 6888 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococcus aureus and other species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN 
technique for low numbers  
16. US ISO 6579 –1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp  
17. US ISO 11290 -1 Microbiology o f food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes — Part 1: 
Detection method  
18. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the detection and enumeration of  presumptive Escherichia coli — 
Most probable number technique  
19. US ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
20. US ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain – Horizon tal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms – Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour 
plate technique.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister of 
Trade, Industries 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/2019/TBT/UGA/19_1838_00_e.pdf