G/TBT/N/UGA/576/Rev.1  
 
7 November 2018  
(18-6970) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member: UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 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 Ar ticle 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):  Wheat 
flour; Wheat or meslin flour. (HS 1101). Cereals, pulses and derived products 
(ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DEAS 
1:2018, Wheat Flour - Specification, Second Editi on (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for wheat flour prepared from common wheat, Triticum aestivum L. or 
club wheat, Triticum compactum Host, or mixtures thereo f intended for human 
consumption. It does not apply to wheat flour obtained from Triticum durum and fortified 
wheat flour.  
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/256  
2. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food - Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
3. AOAC 965.22, Sorting corn grits - Sieving method  
4. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
5. CODEX STAN 193, Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food 
and Feed  
6. EAS 35, Edible salt - Specification  
7. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Specification  G/TBT/N/UGA/576/Rev.1  
 
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  8. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
9. EAS 51, Wheat grains - Specification  
10. EAS 900, Cereals and Pulses - Sampling  
11. EAS 901, Cereals and Pulses - Test Methods  
12. ISO 2171,  Cereals, pulses and by -products - Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
13. 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  
14. ISO 5498, A gricultural food products - Determination crude fibre content - General 
method  
15. ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of cadmium 
content - Part 1 - Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
16. ISO 6561 -2, Fruits , vegetables and derived products - Determination of cadmium 
content - Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
17. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
18. ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content 
- Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
19. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the e numeration of coagulasepositive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
20. ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of betaglucuronid ase-positive Escherichia coli - Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -
D-glucuronide  
21. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
9. Proposed date of adoption: March 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 or fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/UGA/18_5766_00_e.pdf