G/TBT/N/UGA/786  
 
28 November 2017  
(17-6503) Page: 1/3 
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): Fortified 
milled maize (corn) products  
- Maize (corn) flour (HS 110220). Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DEAS 768: 
2017, Fortified milled maize (corn) products – Specification. (23 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies  the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for fortified milled maize (corn) products obtained from the grains of 
common maize ( Zea mays L .) intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/574  
2. G/TBT/N/UGA/299  
3. CODEX STANDARD 154, Codex Standard for Whole Maize (Corn) Meal  
4. CODEX STANDARD 155, Codex Standard for Degermed Maize (Corn) Meal and 
Maize (Corn) Grits  
5. ECSA -HC, Guidelines of fortification levels for staples  
6. AOAC 2001.04, Official methods of analysis for fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and 
corn flakes  
7. AOAC 953.17, Thiami ne (vitamin B1) in grain products. Fluor  
8. AOAC 961.02, Germicidal Spray Method  
9. AOAC 970.65, Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) in Foods and Vitamin Pr  G/TBT/N/UGA/786  
 
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  10. AOAC 975.41, Niacin and niacinamide in cereal products. Aut  
11. AOAC 2004.05, Total Folates in Cereal  
12. AOAC 2011.14, Calci um, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, P  
13. CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
14. CODEXSTAN 193, Codex general standards for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed  
15. EAS 2, Maize (grains) – Specification  
16. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods – Specification  
17. EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
18. EAS 44, Milled maize products – Specification  
19. EAS 803, Nutriotion labelling – Requirements  
20. EAS 804, Claims on food – General requirements  
21. EAS 805, Use o f nutrition and health claims – Requirements  
22. ISO 711, Cereals and cereal products – Determination of moisture content (Basic 
reference method)  
23. ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products – Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
24. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms – Colony -count technique  
25. ISO 5498, Agricultural food products – Determination crude fibre content -General 
method  
26. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
27. ISO 6540, Maize – Determination of moisture content (on milled grains and on 
whole grains)  
28. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the detection of Salmonella spp . 
29. 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  
30. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli – Most probable 
number technique  
31. ISO 7305, Milled cereal products – Determination of fat acidity  
32. ISO 7954, Microbiology – General guidance for enumeration of yeasts and moulds 
– Colony count technique at 25 °C  
33. ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs – 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
34. ISO 16050, Foo dstuffs – Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products – High-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
35. ISO 16649 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal m ethod 
for the enumeration of β -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli – Part 1: Colony -
count technique at 44 °C using membranes and 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl β -D-
glucuronide  
36. ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses – Determination of the nitrogen content and 
calcul ation of the crude protein content – Kjeldahl method  G/TBT/N/UGA/786  
 
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  37. ISO 20633, Infant formula and adult nutritionals – Determination of vitamin E and 
vitamin A by normal phase high performance liquid chromatography  
38. 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  
39. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products – Sampling  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers  and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/UGA/17_5281_00_e.pdf