G/TBT/N/UGA/629  
 
18 April 2017  
(17-2055) 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):  Dried  insect products, 
animal feeds. Preparations of a kind use d in animal feeding. (HS 2309). Animal feeding 
stuffs (ICS 65.120).  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  DUS 1712:2017, 
Dried insect products for compounding animal feeds — Specification. (14 pages, in English)  
6. Descripti on of content:  This draft Uganda standard specifies the requirements for dried 
insect products as sources of protein for compounding animal feeds.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of animal o r plant life or health; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of nitrogen content and 
calculation of crude protein content — Part 1: Kjeldahl method  
2. US ISO 5984, Animal feeding stuffs — Determinatio n of crude ash  
3. US ISO 6492, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of fat content  
4. US ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of moisture and other volatile 
matter content  
5. US ISO 6497, Animal feeding stuffs — Sampling  
6. US ISO 6498, Animal feeding stuf fs — Preparation of test samples  
7. US ISO 6869, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of the contents of calcium, 
copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, sodium and zinc — Method 
using atomic absorption spectrometry  
8. US ISO 6888 -3:2003, 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 for low numbers  
9. ISO 17375, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1  G/TBT/N/UGA/629  
 
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  10. US ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of nitrogen content and 
calculation of crude protein content — Part 1: Kjeldahl method  
11. US ISO 6865, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude fibre content — 
Method with intermediate fi ltration  
12. US ISO 5984, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude ash  
13. US ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
14. US ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium content — 
Part 1: Titrimetric method  
15. US ISO 6491, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of phosphorus content — 
Spectrometric method  
16. US ISO 5510,Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of available lysine  
17. ISO 13903, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of amino acids content  
18. ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 2: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the 
surface plating technique  
19. ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the detection  and enumeration of coliforms —part 2 most probable number 
technique  
20. ISO 7251:2005, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
21. ISO 65 79, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Part 6: Horizontal 
method for the detection of Salmonella spp   
9. Proposed date of adoption: June 2017   
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Indust ry 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_1870_00_e.pdf