G/TBT/N/UGA/570  
 
12 September 2016  
(16-4788) 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):  Dry soybeans.  Soya 
beans, whether or not broken. (HS 1201), So ya beans, whether or not broken. (HS 120100) . 
Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
762:2016, Dry soybeans - Specification, (15 pages, in English).   
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
methods of sampling and test for dry soybeans of varieties (cultivars) grown from Glycine 
max (L.) Merr. intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nat ure of urgent problems where applicable: 
Trade facilitation; Quality requirements ; Protection of Human health or Safety ; Prevention 
of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/411  
2. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged fo ods - Requirements  
3. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
4. ISO 605, Pulses  - Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety  - Test methods  
5. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and an imal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
6. 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  
7. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs  - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable number 
technique  
8. ISO 21527, Microbiology of f ood 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  
9. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products - Sampling  
10. ISO 24557, Pulses  - Determination of moisture content - Air-oven method  G/TBT/N/UGA/570  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: January 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives.   
10. Final date for comments:  4 November 2 016 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://membe rs.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/UGA/16_3722_00_e.pdf