G/TBT/N/UGA/1028  
 
26 February 2019  
(19-1118) 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 [ X], 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): Gelatin 
(including gelatin in rectangular (including square) sheets, whether or not surface - 
Worked or coloured) and gelatin derivatives; isin glass; other glues of animal origin, 
excluding casein glues of heading 35.01. (HS 3503). Food additives (ICS 67.220.20).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 2127: 
2019, Food grade gelatin - Specification, First Edition.  (20 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for food grade gelatin, also known as edible gelatin.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems w here 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. IS 5719: 2005, Gelatin, food grade - Specification  
2. AOAC 923.03, Ash of flour  
3. AOAC 942.05, Ash in Animal Feed  
4. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
5. AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods  
6. US 277, General standard for the labelling of food additives when sold as such  
7. US 1659, Materials in contact with food - Requirements for packaging materials  
8. US EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
9. US ISO 1871, Food and feed products - General guidelines for the determination 
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  10. US ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of coliforms - Most probable number technique  
11. US ISO 4832, Microbi ology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
12. US ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 ºC by  the pour plate 
technique  
13. US ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 2: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the 
surface plating technique  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 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 
number s and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/UGA/19_1100_00_e.pdf