G/SPS/N/UGA/310  
23 January 2024  
(24-0482) 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):  Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food 
put up for retail sale) (HS code(s): 230990); Animal feeding stuffs (ICS code(s): 65.120)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS DARS 1830: 2023, Compounded goat and sheep 
feed - Specification, Fi rst Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  24 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/UGA/24_00653_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This African Standard specify the requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for compounded goat and sheep feeds.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage fr om 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 standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. ARSO XXXXX, Code of good practice on animal feeding  
2. ISO 2591 -1, Test sieving — Part 1: Methods using test sieves of woven wire cloth and 
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  3. ISO 5984:2002, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude ash  
4. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
5. ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium content — Part 1: 
Titrimetric method  
6. ISO 6491, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of phosphorus content — 
Spectrometric method  
7. ISO 6492, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of fat content  
8. ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of m oisture and other volatile matter 
content  
9. ISO 6497 Animal feeding stuffs — Sampling ISO 6654, Animal feeding stuffs — 
Determination of urea content  
10. ISO 6865, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude fibre content — Method 
with intermediate filtration  
11. ISO 6866, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of free and total gossypol  
12. ISO 6867, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of vitamin E content — Method using 
highperformance liquid chromatography  
13. ISO 6869, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of the con tents of calcium, copper, 
iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, sodium and zinc — Method using atomic 
absorption spectrometry  
14. ISO 14565, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of vitamin A content — Method 
using highperformance liquid chromatography  
15. ISO 14 718, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1 content of mixed 
feeding stuffs — Method using high -performance liquid chromatography  
16. ISO 16634 -1, Food products — Determination of the total nitrogen content by 
combustion according to the Dumas p rinciple and calculation of the crude protein 
content — Part 1: Oilseeds and animal feeding stuffs  
17. ISO 17375, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1  
18. ISO 27085, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium, sodium, phosphorus, 
magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, molybdenum, arsenic, 
lead and cadmium by ICPAES  
19. Uganda Gazette  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
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) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 23 March 2024  
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) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  G/SPS/N/UGA/310  
 
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  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) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug