G/TBT/N/UGA/622  
 
30 March 2017  
(17-1756) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Tra de 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):  Roasted cashew 
kernels.. Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not 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 1705:2017, 
Cashew ke rnels - Roasted  - Specification  (12 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Uganda standard specifies requirements for roasted 
cashew kernels.  
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 -2, Roasted cashewnut kernels  -- Specification  
2. CODEX STAN 192, general standard for food additives  
3. US EAS 35, Edible salt  -- Specification   
4. EAS 38, Labeling of prepackaged foods  -- Specification  
5. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  -- Code of practice  
6. ISO 735, Oilseed residues -- Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
7. US.ISO 12193, Animal and vegetable  fats and oils -- Determination of lead by 
direct graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy  
8. US ISO 15774, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  -- Determination of cadmium 
content by direct graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
9. US.ISO 17239,  Fruits, vegetables and derived products -- Determination of arsenic 
content -- Method using hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry  
10. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumerati on of presumptive Escherichia coli  -- Most probable 
number technique  
11. US ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs  -- Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella  spp.  
12. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs  -- Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  -- Most probable 
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  13. US ISO 542, Oilseeds  -- Sampling  
14. US ISO 16050 , Foodstuffs  -- Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 a nd G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products  -- High-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
15. US ISO 27107, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  -- Determination of peroxide 
value  -- Potentiometric end -point determination  
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 comments:  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_1514_00_e.pdf