G/SPS/N/UGA/31  
 
16 August 2018  
(18-5216) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Unsweetened condensed milk  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the exte nt relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS 1980:2018, Unsweetened condensed milk - 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 12 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/UGA/18_4458_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard prescribes the requirements for 
unswe etened condensed milks, intended for direct consumption or further processing.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/UGA/31  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Uganda Gazette:  
 Kenya draft standard for unsweetened condensed milk;  
 US 45, General standard for food additives;  
 US ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk - Determination of total solids content 
(reference method);  
 US ISO 8262, Milk products and milk based foods - Determination of fat content by 
Weibull B erntrop gravimetric Method;  
 US ISO 3727 -1, Butter - Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat content - 
Part 1: Determination of moisture content (Reference Method);  
 US ISO 8851 -1, Butter - Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents  
(Routine methods) - Part 1: Determination of moisture content;  
 US CODEX STAN 206, General standard for the use of dairy terms;  
 US ISO 707, Milk and milk products  - Guidance on sampling;  
 US ISO 11866 -1, Milk and milk products  - Enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  
- Part 1: Most probable number technique using 4 -methylumbelliferyl -beta-D-
glucuronide (MUG);  
 US ISO 11290 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes  - Part 2: Enumeration 
method;  
 US ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp.; 
 US ISO 6611, Milk and milk products - Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts 
and/or moulds - Colony -count technique at 25 C;  
 US ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) - Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar medium;  
 US ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens - Colonycount technique;  
 US EAS 68 -2-1, Milk and milk products - Methods  for microbiological examination - Part 
2-1: Enumeration of coliforms - Colony count technique at 30°C;  
 US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods;  
 US CODEX STAN 193 -1995, General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and 
Feed;  
 US CAC/MRL 02 -2006, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drug residues and 
pesticides;  
 US EAS 67, Raw cow milk - Specification.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2018.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for Trade, Industry and 
Cooperatives.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  G/SPS/N/UGA/31  
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 October 2018  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala  
Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 417 333 250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 414 286 123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug/  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala  
Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 417 333 250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 414 286 123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.g o.ug/