G/TBT/N/UGA/596  
 
9 January 2017  
(17-0091) 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):  Maize grains . Maize 
(corn). (HS 1005) . Cereals, pulses and der ived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 2:2016, 
Maize grains - Specification. (13 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda standard specifies the requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for maize grains of varieties grown from common maize 
grains, Zea Mays indentata L., and/or Zea mays indurata L., or their hybrids intended for 
human consumption . 
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent proble ms 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/393  
2. EAS 2:2011, Maize grains - Specification  
3. AOAC 2001.04, Det ermination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and corn flakes -
Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  
4. EAS 38, L abelling of pre -packaged foods - Requirements  
5. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food an d drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
6. ISO 605, Pulses - Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, in sects, and 
species and variety - Test methods  
7. ISO 5223, Test sieves for cereals  
8. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection of Salmon ella spp.  
9. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
10. ISO 7251, Microb iology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable 
number technique  
11. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxin B1, B 2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products - High G/TBT/N/UGA/596  
 
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  performance liquid chromatographic method  
12. ISO 21527, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
13. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products - 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 C ooperatives.   
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_0057_00_e.pdf