G/TBT/N/UGA/787  
 
28 November 2017  
(17-6504) 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): Fortified 
edible fats and oils.  
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fat s; animal 
or vegetable waxes (HS 15). Animal and vegetable fats and oils (ICS 67.200.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DEAS 769: 
2017, Fortified edible fats and oils – Specification. (21 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for fortified edible fats and oils intended for human consumption. This 
Draft Uganda Standard is not applicable to fat spreads and blended spreads.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relev ant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/301  
2. CODEX STAN 19, Codex Standard for Edible Fats and Oils Not Covered By 
Individual Standards  
3. ECSA -HC, Guidelines of fortification levels for staples  
4. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
5. AOAC 2001.13, Determination of Vitamin A (Retinol)in Food  
6. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
7. CODEXSTAN 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
8. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods – Specification  
9. EAS 39, Code of practice fo r hygiene the food and drink manufacturing industry  G/TBT/N/UGA/787  
 
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  10. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling – Requirements  
11. EAS 804, Claims on food – General requirements  
12. EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims – Requirements  
13. ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determin ation of acid value and 
acidity  
14. ISO 661, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Preparation of test sample  
15. ISO 662, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of moisture and 
volatile matter content  
16. ISO 663, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Deter mination of insoluble impurities 
content  
17. ISO 3960, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of peroxide value – 
Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
18. ISO 5555, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Sampling  
19. ISO 8294, Animal and vegetable fats  and oils – Determination of copper, iron and 
nickel contents  
20. ISO 10539, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of alkalinity  
21. ISO 12193, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of lead by direct 
graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy  
22. ISO 15304, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of the content of 
trans fatty acid isomers of vegetable fats and oils -Gas chromatographic method  
23. ISO 17189, Butte r, edible oil emulsions and spreadable fats – Determination of fat 
content (Reference method)  
24. ISO 20633, Infant formula and adult nutritionals – Determination of vitamin E and 
vitamin A by normal phase high performance liquid chromatography  
25. ISO 27107, Anim al and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of peroxide value – 
Potentiometric end -point determination  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 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/2017/TBT/UGA/17_5282_00_e.pdf