G/TBT/N/BWA/43  
 
19 April 2016  
(16-2209)  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: BOTSWANA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: Botswana WTO-TBT Enquiry Point 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 : 
Botswana Bureau of Standards Information Centre 
Private Bag B0 48 
Gaborone Botswana Tel: (+267) 3903200 
Fax: (+267) 3903120 
Toll free number: 0800 600 900 E-mail: infoc@hq.bobstandards.bw   
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Animal feeding stuffs — 
Cattle feed – Specification (ICS: 65.120) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Animal feeding 
stuffs – Cattle feed – Specification (11 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: The standard specifies requirements for compounded cattle feed  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Health and safety 
8. Relevant documents:  
 AOAC 952.02, Cobalt in animal feed – Colorimetric method 
 AOAC 952.14, Mercury in foods – Colorimetric dithizone method 
 AOAC 952.24, Microchemical determination of bromine, chlorine or iodine 
 AOAC 957.22, Arsenic (Total) in feeds – Colorimetric test 
 AOAC 982.29, Vitamin D in mixed feeds, premixes and pet foods – Liquid 
chromatographic method 
 AOAC 996.16, Selenium in feeds and premixes 
 AOAC 975.08, Fluorine in animal feeds – Distillation method 
 AOAC 999.11, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and zinc in foods – 
Atomic absorption spectrophotometry 
 BOS 9, Prepackaged goods for the ultimate consumer – Labelling, presentation and 
advertising – General requirement 
 ISO 5498, Agricultural food products – Determination of crude fibre content – 
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   ISO 5510, Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of available lysine 
 ISO 5983, Animal feeding stuffs – Determin ation of nitrogen content – Kjeldahl 
method 
 ISO 5984, Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of crude ash 
 ISO 6490-1, Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of calcium content. Part 
1: Trimetric method 
 ISO 6491, Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of phosphorus content 
 ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of moisture content 
 ISO 6497, Animal feeding stuffs – Sampling 
 ISO 6498, Animal feeding stuffs – Preparation of test samples 
 ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the detection of Salmonella spp 
 ISO 6651, Animal feeding stuffs – Semi quantitative determination of aflatoxin B1–
Thin layer chromatography 
 ISO 6866, Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of free and total gossypol 
 ISO 6867, Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of vitamin E content – Method 
using high performance liquid chromatography 
 ISO 6869, Animal feeding stuffs – Determinat ion of the contents of calcium, copper, 
iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, sodium and zinc – Method using atomic 
absorption spectrometry 
 ISO 7251, Microbiology – General guidance for the enumeration of presumptive 
Escherichia coli – Most probable number technique 
 ISO 7302, Cereal and cereal products – Determination of total fat content 
 ISO 8294, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of copper, iron and 
nickel content – Graphite furnace atomic absorption method 
 ISO 11212-2, Starch and derived products – Heavy metals content – Part 
2: Determination of mercury content by atomic absorption spectrometry 
 ISO 14565, Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of vitamin A content – Method 
using high performance liquid chromatography 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: 12 months from date of publication   
10. Final date for comments: 2 months from date of circulation 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Botswana Bureau of Stan dards Information Centre 
Private Bag B0 48 
Gaborone 
Botswana Tel : (+267) 3903200 
Fax: (+267) 3903120 
Toll free number: (0800 600 900)  E-mail: infoc@hq.bobstandards.bw