G/SPS/N/UGA/2  
 
25 July 2013  
(13-3976)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: UGANDA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Health 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Milled maize products (maize meal and maize flour); 
edible fat and cooking oil; and wheat flour (white and brown) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: The Draft Food and Drugs (Amendment) 
Regulations 2011 No. 53 Amending the Food and Drugs (Food Fortification) Regulations 2005 No. 2  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 3 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/UGA/13_2926_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This is an amendment of Re gulations 2, 4 and 5 of the 
Principal Regulations of the Food and Drugs (Food Fortification) Regulations 2005 and 
also includes the insertion of the Fifth Schedule to the Principal Regulations. 
The Fifth Schedule to the Principal Regulations now includes milled maize products 
(maize meal and maize flour); edible fat and oil; and wheat flour (white and brown 
flour) that are produced in Uganda from industrial mills of a capacity ten metric tonnes (for edible fat and oil) or twenty metric tonnes (for milled maize products) in twenty four 
continuous hours in a single or multiple mills owned by the same producer or which is 
imported into Uganda. 
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 st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) GSFA, CODEX STAN 192-1995 
[ ] 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 regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] Yes   [ ] No G/SPS/N/UGA/2 
 
- 2 - 
 
  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: The 
Uganda Gazette, 14 October 2011, Vol. CIV No. 61 and the Uganda New Vision News Paper at UGX. 1,500 (Uganda Shillings) (available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Anticipated late this year 2013. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 23 September 2013 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
1. National Notification Authority 
E-mail:  lbategana@mtic.go.ug  or laureanb@yahoo.com 
Tel: +(256) 414 314 273 
E-mail: ps@mtic.go.ug Tel: +(256) 41 423 0916  
2. Ministry of Health 
P. O. Box 7272 Kampala 
E-mail: sngalombi@yahoo.com 
Tel: +(256) 414 340 874/340 872/231 563/9 
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
1. National Notification Authority 
E-mail: lbategana@mtic.go.ug 
 or laureanb@yahoo.com 
Tel: +(256) 414 314 273  
2. Ministry of Health 
P. O. Box 7272 
Kampala E-mail: sngalombi@yahoo.com 
Tel: +(256) 414 340 874/340 872