G/TBT/N/UGA/847  
 
5 June 2018  
(18-3384) 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): Dairy ice 
cream  
Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa. (HS 2105). Ice cream and 
ice conf ectionery (ICS 67.100.40).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DEAS 70: 
2018, Dairy ice cream — Specification, 2nd Edition. (15 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies req uirements, sampling 
and test methods for dairy ice cream intended for human consumption.  
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 70, Dairy ice cream — 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. CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard  for food additives  
6. EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
7. EAS 16, Plantation (mill) white sugar — Specification  
8. EAS 22, Butter — Specification  
9. EAS 36; Honey — Specification  G/TBT/N/UGA/847  
 
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  10. EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods — General requirements  
11. EAS 49, Milk powders and cream powder — Specification  
12. EAS 69, Pasteurised milk — Specification  
13. EAS 87, Sweetened condensed milk — Specification  
14. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
15. ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
16. ISO 2446, Milk — Determina tion of fat content  
17. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms — Colony count technique  
18. 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 
pour plate technique  
19. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp  
20. ISO 6611, Milk and milk prod ucts — Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts 
and/or moulds — Colony -count technique at 25 degrees C  
21. ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk — Determination of total solids content 
(Reference method)  
22. ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal fee ding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
23. ISO 7932, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal me thod for 
the enumeration of presumptive Bacillus cereus — Colony -count technique at 30 
degrees C  
24. ISO 11290 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. — Part 2: 
Enum eration method  
25. ISO 11866 -1, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of presumptive Escherichia 
coli — Part 1: Most probable number technique using 4 -methylumbelliferyl -beta-D-
glucuronide (MUG)  
26. ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 co ntent — 
Clean -up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -
performance liquid chromatography  
27. ISO 18068, Cotton fibres — Test method for sugar content — Spectrophotometry  
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_2836_00_e.pdf