G/TBT/N/UGA/597  
 
9 January 2017  
(17-0112) 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):  Dry beans.  
- Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) (HS 070820), -- Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) 
(HS 071022), - Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.): (HS 07133), - Beans (Vigna spp., 
Phaseolus spp.): (HS 20055), -- Beans, shelled (HS 200551)  
Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of page s and language(s)  of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
46:2016, Dry beans - Specification. (12 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda standard specifies requirements and methods 
of sampling and test for dry common beans ( Phaseolus  vulgaris L.) intended for human 
consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent 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/398  
2. EAS 46:2013, Dry beans - Specification  
3. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Requirements  
4. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
5. ISO 605, Pulses - Determinati on of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety - Test methods  
6. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection of Salmonella spp.  
7. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding st uffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
8. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable 
number technique  
9. ISO 21527, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count technique in G/TBT/N/UGA/597  
 
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  product s with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
10. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products - Sampling  
11. ISO 24557, Pulses - Determination of moisture content - Air-oven method  
12. CODEX  STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
13. ISO 6639-1, Cereals and pulses - Determination of hidden insect infestation – 
Part 1: General  
14. 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 int o 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_0058_00_e.pdf