G/TBT/N/UGA/842  
 
5 June 2018  
(18-3369) 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 [  X ], 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): UHT milk.  
Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. 
(HS 0401). Milk and processed milk products (ICS 67.100.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DEAS 27: 
2018, UHT milk — Specification, 2nd Edition. (19 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for UHT milk . 
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; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. US EAS 27, UHT milk — Specification  
2. AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods 
Atomic  absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Digestion  
3. CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General principle for food hygiene  
4. CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
5. EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods — General requirements  
6. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
7. ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
8. ISO 2446, Milk — Determination of fat content  
9. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms — Colony count technique  
10. 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 
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  11. ISO 5764, Milk — Determination of freezing point — Thermistor cryosc ope method 
(Reference method)  
12. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp  
13. ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk — Determination of tota l solids content 
(Reference method)  
14. ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for l ow numbers  
15. ISO 8968 -4, Milk and milk products — Determination of nitrogen content — Part 4: 
Determination of protein and non -protein nitrogen content and true protein content 
calculation (Reference method)  
16. ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of  aflatoxin M1 content — 
Clean -up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -
performance liquid chromatography  
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 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/2018/TBT/UGA/18_2831_00_e.pdf