G/TBT/N/UGA/848  
 
5 June 2018  
(18-3417) 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): Sweetened 
condensed milk  
Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. (HS 
0402). Milk and processed milk  products (ICS 67.100.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DEAS 87: 
2018, Sweetened condensed milk — Specification, 2nd Edition. (15 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard spec ifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for sweetened condensed milks, intended for direct consumption or 
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 87, Sweetened condensed milk — Specification  
2. AOAC 986.15, Official method for Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Selenium and Zinc in 
human and pet foods  
3. AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods 
Atomic absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Digestion  
4. CAC/RCP 1, Code  of practice — General principle for food hygiene  
5. CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
6. CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
7. EAS 5, Refined white sugar — Specification  
8. EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  G/TBT/N/UGA/848  
 
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  9. EAS 49, Milk powders and cream powder — Specification  
10. EAS 69, Pasteurised milk — Specification  
11. ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
12. ISO 1737, Evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk — Determination of fat 
content — Gravimetric method  (Reference method)  
13. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms — Colony count technique  
14. 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  
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 prod ucts — Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts 
and/or moulds — Colony -count technique at 25 degrees C  
17. ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk — Determination of total solids content 
(Reference method)  
18. ISO 6734, Sweetened condensed milk — Determinat ion of total solids content 
(Reference method)  
19. ISO 6888 -3, 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 tech nique for low numbers  
20. ISO 8294, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of copper, iron and 
nickel contents — Graphite furnace atomic absorption method  
21. ISO 8968 -1, Milk and milk products — Determination of nitrogen content — Part 1: 
Kjeldahl pri nciple and crude protein calculation  
22. 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)  
23. ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determinat ion of aflatoxin M1 content — 
Clean -up by immunoaffinity 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_2837_00_e.pdf