G/SPS/N/UGA/42  
 
9 November 2018  
(18-7028) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Milled maize (corn) products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the ex tent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS DEAS 44:2018, Milled maize (corn) products - 
Specification, Second Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/UGA/18_5801_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for whole maize meal, granulated maize meal, sifted maize meal, maize 
grits and maize flour from the grains of common maize ( Zea mays  L.) intended for human 
consumption. Maize grits intended for brewing, manufacturing of starch, any other 
industrial use are not covered. This standard does not apply to fortified milled maize 
(corn) products.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [ ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CODEX STAN 155 -1985, Standard for Degermed 
Maize (Corn) Meal and Maize (Corn) Grits  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why  it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/UGA/42  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 EAS 901, Cereal and Pulses - Test methods;  
 EAS 900, Cereal and Pulses - Sampling;  
 AOAC  952.13, Arsenic in food - Silver diethyldithiocarbamate;  
 CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives;  
 CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed; 
 EAS 2, Maize grains - Specification;  
 EAS 38, Labelling  of pre -packaged foods - Specification;  
 EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice;  
 ISO 7305 Milled cereal products - Determination of fat acidity;  
 AOAC 965.22 Sorting Corn Grits Sieving Method Modified;  
 ISO 2171, Cerea ls, pulses and by -products - Determination of ash yield by 
incineration;  
 ISO 4833 -1 Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate technique;  
 ISO 5985, Anima l feeding stuffs - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid;  
 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 activity  less than or equal to 0.95;  
 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 
technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indoly l beta -D-glucuronide;  
 ISO 6579 -1 Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp; 
 ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of cadmium 
content - Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry;  
 ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of cadmium 
content - Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry;  
 ISO 6633, Fruits, ve getables and derived products - Determination of lead content - 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method;  
 ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphy lococcus aureus  and 
other species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium;  
 ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs - Determination 
of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method;  
 ISO 5498, Agric ultural food products - Determination of crude fibre content - General 
method;  
 Uganda Gazette.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : March 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for Trade, 
Industry and Cooperatives.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 8 January 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(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  G/SPS/N/UGA/42  
 
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13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (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: http://www.unbs.go.ug