G/TBT/N/UGA/598  
 
9 January 2017  
(17-0113) 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):  Milled rice.  – 
Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed (HS 100630), - Rice 
flour (HS 110230)  Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
128:2016, Milled rice - Specification. (14 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for milled rice of the varieties grown from Oryza spp. 
intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urge nt problems where applicable: 
Trade promotion; Quality requirements ; Protection of Human health or Safety ; Prevention 
of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/400  
2. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Requirem ents 
3. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
4. EAS 764, Rough (paddy) rice - Specification  
5. EAS 765, Brown rice - Specification  
6. ISO 605, Pulses - Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species a nd variety - Test methods  
7. ISO 711, Cereals and cereal products - Determination of moisture content (Basic 
reference method)  
8. ISO 712, Cereals and cereal products - Determination of moisture content - 
Routine reference method  
9. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food a nd animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection of Salmonella spp.  
10. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other specie s) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
11. 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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  12. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products - High 
performance liquid chromatographic method  
13. ISO 21527, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the e numeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
14. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products - Sampling  
15. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
16. ISO 5223, Test sieves for cereals  
17. ISO 6639 -1, Cereals and pulses - Determination of hidden insect infestation – 
Part 1: General Principles  
18. ISO 6639 -2, Cereals and pulses - Determination of hidden insect infestation – 
Part 2: Sampling  
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 a ddress, 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_0059_00_e.pdf