G/TBT/N/UGA/846  
 
5 June 2018  
(18-3383) 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): Pasteurised 
milk 
Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. 
(HS 0401) . Milk and processed milk products (ICS 67.100.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DEAS 69: 
2018, Pasteurised milk — Specification. (15 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for  pasteurized milk.  
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. AOAC 946.04, Official method for Phosphatase (residual) in ice cream and frozen 
desserts  
2. AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods 
Atomic absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Digestion  
3. CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General principle for food hygiene  
4. CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk produc ts 
5. EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods — General requirements  
6. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
7. ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
8. ISO 2446, Milk — Determination of fat content  
9. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for G/TBT/N/UGA/846  
 
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  the enumeration of coliforms — Colony count technique  
10. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony cou nt at 30 degrees C by the 
pour plate technique  
11. ISO 5764, Milk — Determination of freezing point — Thermistor cryoscope method 
(Reference method)  
12. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of  Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp  
13. ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk — Determination of total solids content 
(Reference method)  
14. ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coa gulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
15. ISO 10560, Milk and Milk products — Detection of Listeria monocytogenes   
16. ISO 11816 -1, Milk and milk products — Determination of a lkaline phosphatase 
activity — Part 1: Fluorimetric method for milk and milk -based drinks  
17. ISO 11866 -1, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of presumptive Escherichia 
coli — Part 1: Most probable number technique using 4 -methylumbelliferyl -beta-D-
glucuroni de (MUG)  
18. ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — 
Clean -up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -
performance liquid chromatography  
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_2835_00_e.pdf