G/TBT/N/UGA/621  
 
30 March 2017  
(17-1755) 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):  Cashew kernels; 
Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fre sh or dried, whether or n ot shelled or peeled. 
(HS 0801);  Fruits and derived products (ICS 67.080.10)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  DUS 1704:2017, 
Cashew kernels  - Specification. (20 pages, in English)  
6. Description  of content:  This draft Uganda standard specifies requirements and methods of 
sampling and test for kernels obtained from cashew nuts (Anacardium occidentale Linnaeus).  
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. KS 227 -1, Cashew kernels  -- Specification  
2. EAS 38, Labeling of prepackaged foods  -- Specification  
3. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  -- Code of practice  
4. US ISO 542, Oilseeds -- Sampling  
5. US ISO 605, Pulses -- Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, 
and species and variety -- Test methods   
6. US ISO 659, Oilseeds -- Determination of oil content (Reference method)  
7. US ISO 665, Oilseeds -- Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  
8. US ISO 729, Oilseeds -- Determination of acidity of oils  
9. US ISO 12193, Animal and vegetable fats and oils -- Determination of lead by 
direct graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy  
10. 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 li quid chromatographic method  
11. US ISO 17239, Fruits, vegetables and derived products -- Determination of arsenic 
content -- Method using hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry  
12. US ISO 15774, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  -- Determination of c admium 
content by direct graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  G/TBT/N/UGA/621  
 
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  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 co mments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry 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_1513_00_e.pdf