G/TBT/N/UGA/521  
 
30 September 2015  
(15-5054)  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 telephon e 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Food products in 
general (ICS: 67.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: DUS 1558:2015, 
Snacks – Specification (12 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: This draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and methods 
of sampling and test for snacks. Snacks are those based from flour or potatoes starch or 
cereals or nuts and not include fried potatoes and snacks made from fish. The snacks that are included in these standards are namely; bagiya, daddies, puffed deep fried cereals, 
doughnuts. It excludes the crisps, potato chips, snacks.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Quality requirements; Protection of human health or safety; Prevention of 
deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. GSO 2011, Snack Standard 
2. US ISO 24333, Cereals, and Cereal Products – Sampling 
3. US 7, General Standard for Labelling of Pre-Packaged Foods 
4. US 28, Code of Practice for Hygiene in the Food and Drink Manufacturing Industry 
5. US 98, Cereals and cereal products – Determination of Moisture Content – Routine 
Method 
6. US EAS 803, Nutrition Labelling – Requirements 
7. US EAS 804, Claims – General Requirements 
8. US EAS 805, Use of Nutrition and Health Claims – Requirements 
9. US ISO 660, Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils – Determination of Acid Value and 
Acidity 
10. ISO 3960, Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils – Determination of Peroxide Value 
11. US ISO 4831, Microbiology of Food and Animal Feeding Stuffs – Horizontal Method 
for the Detection and Enumeration of Coliforms – Most Probable Number Technique 
12. US ISO 6579, Microbiology of Food and Animal Feeding Stuffs – Horizontal Method 
for the Detection of Salmonella spp. 
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  13. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of Food and Animal Feeding Stuffs – Horizontal Method 
for the Detection and Enumeration of Presum ptive Escherichia Coli – Most probable 
Number Technique 
14. US EAS 217-5, Methods for Microbiological Examination of Foods – Part 
5: Enumeration of Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci 
15. US ISO 21527-2, Microbiology of Food and Animal Feedstuffs – 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 
16. US 277, General Standard for the Labelling of Food Additives 
17. US ISO 1871, Agricultural Food Products – General Directions for the Determination 
of Nitrogen by the Kjeldahl Method 
18. US ISO 6541, Agricultural Food Products – Determination of Crude Fibre Content 
Modified Scharrer Method 
19. US 354, Milled Cereal Products – Determination of Fat Acidity 
20. US EAS 82, Milled Cereal Products – Methods of Test (General Methods) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as mandat ory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2 015/TBT/UGA/15_3842_00_e.pdf