G/TBT/N/UGA/623  
 
30 March 2017  
(17-1757) 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 [  ], 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):  Pulse flour;  Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060).  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  DUS 1676:20 17, 
Pulse flour  - Specification  (12 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Uganda standard specifies requirements and methods 
of sampling and test for pulse flour for human consumption. This standard does not apply 
to soy bean flour  for which standards exist.  
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  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. EAS 799, Edible full fat soya flour specification  
2. IS 14613, Sattu specification  
3. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods  -- Specification  
4. EAS 39,  Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
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 ISO 4831, Microbiolo gy of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of coliforms  -- Most probable number technique  
9. US ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella  spp.  
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 45, General standard for the labelling of food additives  
12. US ISO 187 1, Agricultural food products  -- General directions for the determination 
of nitrogen by the Kjeldahl Method  
13. US ISO 24333, Cereals, and cereal products  -- Sampling  
14. US ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products  -- Determination of ash yield by 
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  15. US ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs -- 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
16. US ISO 24557, Pulses -determination of moisture content -- Air oven  
17. US ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
18. ISO 17764 -1, Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of the content of fatty acids -
- Part 1: Preparation of methyl esters  
19. US EAS 82, Milled cereal products  -- Methods of test (General methods)  
9. Proposed date of adoption: June 2017  
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 enq uiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/ TBT/UGA/17_1515_00_e.pdf