G/TBT/N/UGA/849  
 
6 June 2018  
(18-3449) 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): Ghee 
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk 
and cream, whether o r not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening 
matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa. (HS 0403). Milk and 
processed milk products (ICS 67.100.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 915: 
2018, Ghee — Specification. (15 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for ghee 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; Reduci ng trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods 
Atomic absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Digestion  
2. CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General principle for food hygiene  
3. CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
4. EAS 22, Butter — Specification  
5. EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods — General requirements  
6. EAS 67, Raw cow milk — Specification  
7. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirement s 
8. ISO 663, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of insoluble 
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  9. ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
10. ISO 1740, Milkfat products and butter — Determination of fat acidity (Reference 
method)  
11. ISO 3727 -1, Butter — Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents — 
Part 1: Determination of moisture content (Reference method)  
12. ISO 3727 -3, Butter — Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents — 
Part 3: Calculation of fat content  
13. ISO 3960, Anima l and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of peroxide value — 
Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
14. 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  
15. ISO 6320, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of refractive index  
16. ISO 6321, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of melting point in 
open capillary tubes (slip point)  
17. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food ch ain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp  
18. ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts 
and/or moulds — Colony -count technique at 25 degrees C 
19. ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
20. ISO 8294, Animal and ve getable fats and oils — Determination of copper, iron and 
nickel contents — Graphite furnace atomic absorption method  
21. ISO 11866 -1, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of presumptive Escherichia 
coli — Part 1: Most probable number technique using 4 -methylu mbelliferyl -beta-D-
glucuronide (MUG)  
22. ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — 
Clean -up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -
performance liquid chromatography  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2018.  
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_2838_0 0_e.pdf