G/SPS/N/UGA/30  
 
16 August 2018  
(18-5215) 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): Milk fat  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or pra cticable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS 817:2018, Milk fat products - Specification, Second 
Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 12 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/UGA/18_4457_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Uganda Standard specifies requirements and methods of 
sampl ing and test for anhydrous milk fat, anhydrous butter oil and butter oil, which are 
intended for further processing.  
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
 CODEX STAN 280-1973, Standard for Milk fat Products  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regula tion conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/UGA/30  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Uganda Gazette:  
 CODEX STAN 280 -1973, Standard for Milk fat Products;  
 US EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of pre -packaged foods;  
 US 45, General standard for food additives;  
 US 163, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products;  
 US 738, General standard fo r contaminants and toxins in foods;  
 US EAS 68 -1, Milk and milk products - Methods for microbiological examination – 
Part 1: Total plate count;  
 US EAS 68 -3, Milk and milk products - Methods of microbiological examination – Part 3: 
Enumeration of colony form ing units of yeasts and/or moulds - Colony -count technique 
at 25 °C;  
 US EAS 80 -6, Butter - Methods of chemical analysis - Part 6: Determination of fat 
acidity (Reference method);  
 US EAS 80 -8, Butter - Methods of chemical analysis - Part 8: Determination of  copper 
content;  
 US EAS 80 -9, Butter - Methods of chemical analysis - Part 9: Determination of iron 
content;  
 US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable number 
technique;  
 US ISO 707, Milk and milk products - Guidance on sampling;  
 FDUS ISO 3976, Milk fat - Determination of peroxide value;  
 FDUS ISO 3595, Milk fat - Detection of vegetable fat by the phytosteryl acetate test;  
 FDUS ISO 5536, Mi lk fat products - Determination of water content - Karl Fischer 
method;  
 FDUS 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.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2018.  
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 Ministe r 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) : 15 October 2018  
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/30  
 
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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/