G/TBT/N/UGA/911  
 
16 August 2018  
(18-5208) 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): Milk fat; 
Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads. (HS 0405). Milk and 
processed milk prod ucts (ICS 67.100.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 817:2018, 
Milk fat products - Specification, Second Edition. (12 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Uganda Standard specifies requirements and methods of 
sampling and test for anhydrous milk fat, anhydrous butter oil and butter oil, which are 
intended for further processing . 
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; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/26  
2. US EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of pre -packaged foods  
3. US 45, General standard for food additives  
4. US 163, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
5. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in foods  
6. US EAS 68 -1, Milk and milk products - Methods for microbiological examination - 
Part 1: Total plate count  
7. US EAS 68 -3, Milk and milk products - Methods of microbiological examination – 
Part 3: Enumeration of colony forming units of yeasts and/or moulds - Colony -count 
technique at 25 °C  
8. US EAS 80 -6, Butter – Methods of chemical analysis – Part 6: Determination of fat 
acidity (Reference method)  G/TBT/N/UGA/911  
 
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  9. US EAS 80 - 8, Butter – Methods of chemical analysis – Part 8: Determination of 
copper content  
10. US EAS 80 - 9, Butte r – Methods of chemical analysis – Part 9: Determination of iron 
content  
11. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable 
number technique  
12. US ISO 707, Milk and milk products - Guidance on sampling  
13. FDUS ISO 3976, Milk fat - Determination of peroxide value  
14. FDUS ISO 3595, Milk fat - Detection of vegetable fat by the phytosteryl acetate test  
15. FDUS ISO 5536, Milk fat products - Determination of wat er content - Karl Fischer 
method  
16. FDUS ISO 8262 -3, Milk products and milk -based foods - Determination of fat content 
by the Weibull -Berntrop gravimetric method (Reference method) - Part 3: Special 
cases  
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_4460_00_e.pdf