G/TBT/N/UGA/1816  
31 July 2023  
(23-5177) Page: 1/3 
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  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Soya 
beans, whether or not broken (excl. seed for sowing) (HS code(s): 120190); Cereals, 
pulses and  derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060); Dry soybeans  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DARS 872: 
2023, Dry soybeans — Specification, First edition ; (18 page(s), in English) . 
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also noti fied to the SPS Committee.  
6. Description of content:  This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for dry whole soybeans of varieties (cultivars) grown from 
Glycine max (L.) intended for human consumption.  
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; Reduci ng trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
2. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  G/TBT/N/UGA/1816  
 
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  3. AOAC Official Method 999.10:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron 
and zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after microwave 
digestion  
4. AOAC Official Method 999.11:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron 
and zinc in foods —Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after dry ashing  
5. AOAC Official Method 2001.0 4, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn 
and corn flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  
6. ISO 520, Cereals and pulses — Determination of the mass of 1000 grains  
7. ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
8. ISO 659, Oilseeds — Determination of oil content (Reference method)  
9. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1:  Detection of Salmonella spp.  
10. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar mediu m 
11. 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  
12. ISO 16050, Foo dstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High 
performance liquid chromatographic method  
13. ISO/TS 16634 -2, Food products — Determination of the total nitrogen content  by 
combustion according to the Dumas principle and calculation of the crude protein 
content — Part 2: Cereals, pulses and milled cereal products  
14. ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of betaglu curonidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -
D-glucuronide  
15. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moul ds — Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
16. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
17. ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method  
18. EAS 762:2012, Dry soybeans — Specificat ion 
19. Malawi Standard, MBS 244:1991, Soya bean — Specification  
20. United States Standards for Soybeans, Effective September, 2007  
21. Soybeans, Official Grain Grading Guide, August 1, 2012, Canadian Grain 
Commission  
22. Australian Oilseeds Federation — Soybean Marketin g and Trading Specifications  
23. CS07:2012/2013: Edible Culinary Grade Soybean  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/UGA/1816  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 63 29 
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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