G/SPS/N/UGA/47  
 
9 November 2018  
(18-7033) 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): Composite flour  
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 EAS 782:2018, Composite flour - Specification, 
Second Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 12 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/UGA/18_5806_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for composite flour intended for human consumption. This standard 
does not apply where there are specific standards for blends or composites exist.  
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/47  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of pre -packaged foods;  
 EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice;  
 EAS 744, Cassava and cassava products - Determination of total cyanogens - 
Enzymatic assay method;  
 EAS 900, Cere als and Pulses - Sampling;  
 EAS 901, Cereals and Pulses - Test Methods;  
 Codex Stan 192, General Standard of Food Additive;  
 CODEX STAN 193, Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and 
Feed;  
 AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithi ocarbamate;  
 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;  
 AOAS Ba9 -58, Determination of Urease Activity;  
 ISO 5498, Agricultural food p roducts - Determination of crude fibre content - General 
method;  
 ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid;  
 ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of cadmium 
content - Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry;  
 ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of cadmium 
content - Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry;  
 ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizont al method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp.; 
 ISO 6633 Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content - 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method;  
 ISO 9648, Sor ghum - Determination of tannin content;  
 ISO 14902, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of trypsin inhibitor activity of soya 
products;  
 ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of betaglucuronidas e-positive Escherichia coli  - Part 2: Colony -count 
technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide;  
 ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count technique in products 
with water activity less than or equal to 0.95;  
 Uganda Gazette.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : March 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.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation  of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 8 January 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] 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  G/SPS/N/UGA/47  
 
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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