DRAFT UGANDA STANDARD  
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First  Edition  
2017 
 
 
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Dried insect products for compounding animal feeds  — 
Specification  
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 Foreword  
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Cooperatives established under Cap 327 , of the Laws of Uganda , as amended .  UNBS is mandated to co -
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The committee responsible for this document is Technical Committee UNBS /TC2, [Food and Agriculture] , 
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Introduction  
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 Dried insect products for compounding animal feeds — 
Specification   
1 Scope   
This Uganda  Standard specifies  the requirements , sampling and test methods  for dried insect products for 
compounding anim al feeds . 
2 Normative references   
The following referenced documents referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content 
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated 
refere nces, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.  
CAC/RCP 54, Code of practice for good animal feeding  
FDUS ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of nitrogen content and calculation of crude protein content  — 
Part 1: Kjeldahl method  
US ISO 5984, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude ash  
US ISO 6492, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of fat content  
US ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of moisture and other volatile matter content  
US ISO 6497 , Animal feeding stuffs — Sampling  
US ISO 6498, Animal feeding stuffs — Preparation of test samples  
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  
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 te chnique for low numbers  
ISO 17375, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1  
US ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of nitrogen content and calculation of crude protein 
content -- Part 1: Kjeldahl method  
US ISO 6865, Animal feedi ng stuffs -- Determination of crude fibre content -- Method with intermediate 
filtration  
US ISO 5984, Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of crude ash  
US ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
US ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of calcium content -- Part 1: Titrimetric method  
US ISO 6491 , Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of phosphorus content -- Spectrometric method   
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 US ISO 5510 , Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of available ly sine 
ISO 13903 , Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of amino acids content  
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  
ISO 4 831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the detection and 
enumeration of coliforms —part 2 most probable number technique  
ISO 7251:2005 , Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method for the detecti on and 
enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli -- Most probable number technique  
ISO 6579 , Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Part 6: Horizontal method for the detection of 
Salmonellaspp.  
ISO 16654 , Microbiology of food and animal feeding  stuffs -- Horizontal method for the detection of 
Escherichia coli O157  
 
3 Terms and definitions   
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.  
3.1 
Dried i nsect products — 
include nymphal, larval, pupal stages and/or adult insects or processed insect material for use as an animal 
feed ingredient.  
3.1.1 
Whole insects   
insect material presented in their natural form after primary processing to minimize microbiological 
contamination and moisture.  
3.1.2  
Ground insect product – 
insect material presented as meal, pellets or crumbs after primary processing to minimize microbiological 
contamination and moisture.  
3.1.3 
Defatted insect product   
insect material presented as whole insect, meal, pellets or crumbs that has undergone additi onal processing 
to remove a portion of the fat content  
4 Requirements  
4.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS  
 Insect products shall be  
a) free from  toxic substances.  
b) free from adulterants, extraneous material and objectionable odour.   
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 c) free from infestation and contaminat ion from pests  
4.2 Specific requirements  
Insect products shall conform to the specific requirements  specified  in Table 1.  
Table 1: Specific requirements  for dried insect products  
 
5  Contaminants   
5.1 Pesticide and veterinary drug residues  
Dried insect products  shall comply with those maximum pesticide  and veterinary drug  residue limits 
established by Codex Alimentarius Commission for similar commodities.  
5.2 Heavy metals    
Dried insect  products  shall comply with those maximum metal contaminants residue limits established by 
Codex Alimentarius Commission for similar commodities.  Parameters (%DM)   Test method  
Whole or ground 
insects  (Low 
protein)  Whole  or ground 
insects  (High 
protein)  Defatted insect 
meal  
Energy, K Cal/100g, 
min. 284.2  284.2    
Moisture Content , % 
max. 13 13 13 US ISO 6496 
Crude protein  min. 25  40 45  
 US ISO 5983 -1 
Fat, max. 40 30 12 US ISO 6492  
Fibre , max. 17 17 20 US ISO 6865  
Total ash , max. 15 15 20  US ISO 5984  
Acid insoluble ash , 
max. 4 4 4 US ISO 5985  
Calcium max  5 5 5 US ISO 6490 -
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Phosphorous min  0.6 0.6 0.6 US ISO 6491  
Lysine (min)  1.0 2.4 1.0 US ISO 5510  
Methionine (min)  0.4 0.7 0.4 ISO 13903  
Zinc, max  0.02 0.02 0.02 US ISO 6869  
Manganese, max  0.01 0.01 0.01 US ISO 6869   
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 5.3  Aflatoxins  
The maximum  content of afla toxins in  dried insect  products when  determined in accorda nce the method 
described in ISO 17375 shall not exceed 20  µg/kg for total a flatoxins  
6 Hygiene  
6.1 Dried insect  products  shall be produced and handled in accordance with CAC/RCP 54 . 
6.2 Dried insect  products shall comply with microbiological requirements in Table 2  
Table 2 – Microbiological limits for dried insect  products  
 
 
 
 
7  Packaging  
Dried insect products shall be packaged in materials that will safeguard the hygienic, nutritional and 
organoleptic qualities of the product  . 
8 Labelling  
The following specific labelling requirements shall apply and shall be legibly and indelibly marked   
a) Name of  product as “ Dried  insect product ” with the species name of insect used  in close proximity;  
b) Net Weight in metric units ; 
c) The; 
d) Batch /lot number;  
e) Name and physical address of the manufacturer /producer/processor ; 
f) Date of manufacture  
g) expiry date;  
h) Nutrient declaration (on dry matter basis ):-    Crude protein   (%), Crude Fat (%) and ; 
i) Instructions for storage and handling  
11 Sampling   
Sampling of dried insect products shall be in accordance to US ISO 6497  Microorganism  Max. limit (CFU/ml)  Test meth od 
Escherichia  coli  O157:H7  Absent   ISO 16654  
Salmonellae sp  Absent  US ISO 6579   
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 Annex  A 
(informative ) 
 
Potential species for production of insect products  
A.1 Insect products may be produced from  
(i) Black Soldier Fly larvae and pupae ( Hermetia illucens );  
(ii) Crickets adults and nymphs (Family Gryllidae);  
(iii) Blowfly/Housefly larvae and pupae (Calliphioridae/Muscidae);  
(iv) Grassh opper adults and nymphs (Sub -order Caelifera);  
(v) Silkworm pupae ( Bombyx  spp.);  
(vi) mealworm larvae and pupae ( Tenebrio  spp);  
(vii) Termite adults (Termitidae);  
(viii) Lakefly adult larvae and pupae (Chironomidae, Chaoboridae, Ephemeroptera),  
(ix) Blue/green Calliphora fly (adu lts and lavae)   
(x) cockroach adult and nymph (Blattelidae) among others.  
 
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