G/TBT/N/UGA/574  
 
13 September 2016  
(16-4811) 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):  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 
768:2016, Fortified milled maize (corn) products - Specification, (20 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
methods of sampling and test for fortified milled maize (corn) products namely whole 
maize meal, granulated maize meal, sifted maize meal and maize flour from the grains of 
common maize (Zea may s L.) intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Trade facilitation; Quality requirements ; Protection of Human health or Safety ; Prevention 
of deceptive practices and consumer prot ection  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/299  
2. Codex Standard 154 -1985, Codex Standard for Whole Maize (Corn) Meal  
3. Codex Standard 155 -1985 Codex Standard for Degermed Maize (Corn) Meal and 
Maize (Corn) Grits  
4. ECSA -HC Guidelines of fortification levels fo r staples EAS 2, Maize (grains)  - 
Specification  
5. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods  - Specification  
6. EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
7. EAS 44, Milled maize products  - Specification  
8. EAS 103, General sta ndard for food additives  
9. CAC/GL 1, General guidelines on claims  
10. CAC/GL 2, Guidelines on nutrition labelling  
11. CAC/GL 23, Guidelines for use of nutrition and health claims  
12. CODEXSTAN 193, Codex general standards for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed  
13. ISO 711, Cereals and cereal products  - Determination of moisture content (Basic 
reference method)  
14. ISO 6540, Maize  - Determination of moisture content (on milled grains and on whole G/TBT/N/UGA/574  
 
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  grains)  
15. ISO 5498, Agricultural food products - Determination crude fibr e content -General 
method  
16. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
17. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of p resumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable number 
technique  
18. ISO 7305, Milled cereal products - Determination of fat acidity  
19. ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs - Determination 
of crude fat and total fat content by the Ra ndall extraction method  
20. ISO 13690, Cereals, pulses and milled products - Sampling of static batches  
21. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs - 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  
22. ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses  - Determination of the nitrogen content and calculation 
of the crude protein content - Kjeldahl method  
23. 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 . 
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 2016  
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://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/UGA/16_3726_00_e.pdf