G/TBT/N/UGA/1311  
26 April 2021  
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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  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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 dif ferent 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):  Plants, 
parts of plants, incl. seeds and fruits, used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for 
insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or 
powdered (excl. ginseng roots, coca leaf, poppy straw  and ephedra) (HS 121190); 
Prepackaged and prepared foods (ICS 67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
DUS DEAS  1041:2021, Dried cassava leaves — Specification, First Edition (11 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for dried cassava leaves, obtained from fresh cassava 
(Manihot esculenta Crantz) leaves intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nat ure of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CODEX STAN 192, General Standard for Food Additives  
2. CODEX STAN 193, Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food 
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  3. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods —General requirements  
4. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and d rink manufacturing industry – Code of practice  
5. EAS 744, Cassava and cassava products — Determination of total cyanogens — 
Enzymatic assay method  
6. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxins B1 and total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cer eals, nuts, and derived products — High 
performance liquid chromatographic method  
7. ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: 
Colony -count tec hnique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -
D-glucuronide  
8. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water acti vity less than or equal to 0,95  
9. ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products —Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
10. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of micro -organisms — Part 1: Colony -count at 30 degrees C — Pour 
plate technique  
11. ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — 
General method  
12. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
13. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and erotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2021  
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:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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