G/TBT/N/UGA/992  
 
7 November 2018  
(18-6977) 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 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): Edible full 
fat soya flour; - Of soya beans (HS 120810). Cereals, pulses and derived products 
(ICS 67.060).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DEAS 
799:2018, Edible full fat soya flour ― Specification, Second Edition (11 page(s), in 
English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampl ing and test methods for edible full fat soya flour obtained from soya bean (Glycine 
max (L.) Merr) 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; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/446  
2. AOAC 965.22, Sorting corn grits - Sieving method  
3. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
4. CODEXSTAN 193, Codex general standards for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed  
5. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Specification  
6. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturi ng industry - Code of practice  
7. EAS 762, Dry soybeans - Specification  
8. EAS 900, Cereals and Pulses - Sampling  
9. EAS 901, Cereals and Pulses - Test Methods  G/TBT/N/UGA/992  
 
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  10. ISO 7305, Milled cereal products - Determination of fat acidity  
11. ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs -
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
12. ISO 14902, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of trypsin inhibitor activity of 
soya products  
13. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and anim al 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  
14. ISO 4833 -1 Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of micr oorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the 
pour plate technique  
15. ISO 5498, Agricultural food products - Determination of crude fibre content - 
General method  
16. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
17. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
18. ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enume ration of betaglucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli - Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -
D-glucuronide  
9. Proposed date of adoption: March 2019  
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/2018/TBT/UGA/18_5772_00_e.pdf