G/SPS/N/UGA/8  
 
11 June 2018  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Butter  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or pract icable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS DEAS 22: 2018, Butter - Specification, 2nd Edition . 
Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/UGA/18_2858_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for butter intended for human consumption or for further processing.  
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 standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CODEX STAN 279 -1971, Standard for Butter  
[ ] 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 st andard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/UGA/8  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 Uganda Gazette  
 US EAS 22, Butter - Specification  
 AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods 
atomic absorption spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
 CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice - General principle for food hygiene  
 CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk an d milk products  
 CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
 EAS 35, Fortified food grade Salt - Specification  
 EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods - General requirements  
 EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
 ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of acid value and acidity  
 ISO 707, Milk and milk products - Guidance on sampling  
 ISO 1740, Milkfat products and butter - Determination of fat acidity (Reference 
method)  
 ISO 2446, Milk - Determinat ion of fat content  
 ISO 3727 -1, Butter - Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents – 
Part 1: Determination of moisture content (Reference method)  
 ISO 3727 -2, Butter - Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents – 
Part 2: Dete rmination of non -fat solids content (Reference method)  
 ISO 3727 -3, Butter - Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents – 
Part 3: Calculation of fat content  
 ISO 3961, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of iodine value  
 ISO 483 2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms - Colony count technique  
 ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 3 0 degrees C by the pour plate technique  
 ISO 5764, Milk - Determination of freezing point - Thermistor cryoscope method 
(Reference method)  
 ISO 6320, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of refractive index  
 ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp  
 ISO 6611, Milk and milk products - Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts 
and/or moulds - Colony -count technique at 25 degrees C  
 ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) - Part 3: Detection and MPN technique f or low numbers  
 ISO 7238, Butter - Determination of pH of the serum - Potentiometric method  
 ISO 8968 -4, Milk and milk products - Determination of nitrogen content - Part 4: 
Determination of protein and non -protein nitrogen content and true protein content 
calculation (Reference method)  
 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)  
 ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder - Determination of aflatoxin M1 content - Clean -up 
by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -performance liquid 
chromatography   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm /yy): December 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for Trade, Industry and 
Cooperatives.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  G/SPS/N/UGA/8  
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 10 August 2018  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
E-mail: info@unbs.g o.ug 
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link Bweyogerere  Industrial and Business Park  
P.O Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug