G/TBT/N/UGA/520  
 
30 September 2015  
(15-5052)  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 telephon e 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 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other: 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Cereals, pulses and 
derived products (ICS: 67.060), Non-alcoholic beverages (ICS: 67.160.20) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: DUS 1545:2015, 
Soya Beverage – Specification (12 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: This draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and methods 
of test and sampling for soya beverages.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Quality requirements; Protection of human health or safety; Prevention of 
deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. US EAS 799:2014, Edible Full Fat Soya Flour – Specification 
2. US 7, General Standard for Labelling of Pre-Packaged Foods 
3. US 28, Code of Practice for Hygiene in the Food and Drink Manufacturing Industry 
4. US EAS 217-8, Methods for Microbiological Examination of Foods – Part 
8: Enumeration of Yeasts and Moulds 
5. US EAS 803, Nutrition Labelling – Requirements 
6. US EAS 804, Claims – General Requirements 
7. US EAS 805, Use of Nutrition and Health Claims – Requirements 
8. US 615, Soya Beans Specification 
9. US 738, General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed 
10. 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 
11. US ISO 6579, Microbiology of Food and Animal Feeding Stuffs – Horizontal Method 
for the Detection of Salmonella spp 
12. 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 
13. US ISO 7305, Milled Cereal Products – Determination of Fat Acidity 
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  14. US ISO 11085, Cereals, Cereals-Based Products and Animal Feeding Stuffs – 
Determination of Crude Fat and Total Fat Content by the Randall Extraction Method 
15. US ISO 14902, Animal Feeding Stuffs – Determination of Trypsin Inhibitor Activity of 
Soya Products 
16. US ISO 16050, Foodstuffs – Determination of Aflatoxin B1 and the Total Content of 
Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in Cereals, Nuts and Derived Products – High-
Performance Liquid Chromatographic Method 
17. US ISO 20483, Cereals and Pulses – Determination of the Nitrogen Content and 
Calculation of the Crude Protein Content – Kjeldahl Method 
18. ISO 24333, Cereals and Cereal Products – Sampling 
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as mandat ory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2 015/TBT/UGA/15_3841_00_e.pdf