G/TBT/N/UGA/ 561 
 
10 August 2016   
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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  
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) : Fat spreads, blended 
spreads . Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; misc ellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or 
medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS: 12), Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of 
animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other 
than edible fats o r oils or t heir fractions of heading 15.16  (HS: 1517) . Edible oils and fats. 
Oilseeds (ICS : 67.200), Animal and vegetable fats and oils (ICS : 67.200.10)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document : 
DUS FDEAS  14:2016, Fat spreads and  blended spreads  – Specification (15  pages, in English)   
6. Description of content : This Final Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, 
methods of sampling and test for fat spreads and blended spreads. The draft standard 
does not apply to fat spreads  derived exclusively from milk and/or milk products to which 
only other substances necessary for their manufacture have been added such as butter 
and dairy spreads.  
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 protection  
8. Relevant documents : 
 CAC/GL 23, Guidelines on the use of nutrition claims;  
 EAS 38, Labelling of prepackaged foods;  
 EAS 39, Code of practice for food and drink manufacturing industry;  
 AOAC 990.27, Butyric acid in fats containing butterfat. Gas chromatographic 
method;  
 SO 3960, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Determination of peroxide value -- 
Iodometric (visual) endpoin t determination;  
 ISO 2590, General method for the determination of arsenic  – Silver 
diethyldithiocarbamate photometric method;  G/TBT/N/UGA/561  
 
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   ISO 5555, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Sampling;  
 ISO 661, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Preparation of test sample ; 
 ISO 12193, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  – Determination of lead by direct 
graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy;  
 ISO 17189, Butter, edible oil emulsions and spreadable fats  – Determination of fat 
content (Reference method);  
 EAS 804, Claim s – General requirements;  
 EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims  – Requirements;  
 CODEX STAN  192, General Standard for food additives.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : December 2016  
Proposed date of entry into force : Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives.  
10. Final date for comments : 1 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_3152_00_e.pdf