G/SPS/N/UGA/73  
 
2 April 2019  
(19-2060) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Butter sauce, Ghee sauce  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent  relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS 1979:2018, Butter sauce Ghee sauce (Eshabwe) 
- Specification, First Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 12 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_1841_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This working Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for butter sauce (Eshabwe), which is intended for direct 
human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/UGA/73  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
− US ISO 8262-3, Milk products and milk -based foods - Determination of fat content by  
the Weibull -Berntrop gravimetric method (Reference method) - Part 3: Special cases  
− US ISO 5536, Milk fat products - Determination of water content - Karl Fischer method 
(2nd Edition)  
− US ISO 1740, Milk fat products and butter - Determination of fat acidity  (Reference 
method)  
− US ISO 3595; Milk fat - Detection of vegetable fat by the phytosteryl acetate test  
− US ISO 5738: Milk and milk products - Determination of copper content - Photometric 
method (Reference method)  
− US EAS 38 Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
− US 1659; Materials in contact with food - Requirements for packaging materials  
− US 163, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
− ISO 707, Milk and milk products - Guidance on sampling  
− US ISO 6321, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of melting point in 
open capillary tubes (Slip point)  
− US ISO 3727 -1, Butter - Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents - 
Part 1: Determination of moisture content (Reference method)  
− US ISO 6320, Animal and vegetab le fats and oils - Determination of refractive index  
− US ISO 663, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of insoluble impurities 
content  
− AOAC 999.10, Official method for Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in foods 
Atomic absorption Spectropho tometry after microwave Digestion  
− US 45, General standard for food additives  
− US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed (5th Edition)  
− Uganda Gazette  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for Trade, 
Industry and Cooperatives.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National En quiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala  
Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug  G/SPS/N/UGA/73  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala  
Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug