G/SPS/N/UGA/114  
 
9 January 2020  
(20-0227) Page: 1/2 
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):  Barley grains  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countrie s:  
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS 334: 2019, Barley Grains - Specification, Second 
edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/UGA/20_0271_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, test 
and sampling methods for kernels of cultivated barley ( Hordeum vulgare  L.) intended for 
human consumption.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant prote ction, 
[ ] 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 reg ulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/114  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• Uganda Gazette,  
• US 334:2001, Barley grains - Specification,  
• US 28 EAS 39, Code of practice for Hygiene in the Food and Drink Manufacturing 
Industry,  
• US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements,  
• US EAS 900, Cereals and pulses - Sampling,  
• US EAS 901, Cereals and pulses - Test methods,  
• US ISO 6561 -1, Vegetables and derived products:  Determination of cadmium 
content  - Part 1: Methods using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry,  
• US ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead 
content - Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method,  
• US ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses - Determination of the nitrogen content and 
calculation of the crude protein content  - Kjeldahl method,  
• Codex Standard for Sorghum grains CODEX S TAN CXS 172 -1989,  
• Official Grain Grading Guide  6, Barley  Canadian Grain Commission , 
1 August  2018,  
• WFP Technical Specifications for BARLEY GRAIN 24 July 2014,  
• US EAS 2:2017, Maize grains - Specification,  
• US EAS 757:2019, Whole sorghum grains - Specificatio n, 
• US EAS 758:2019, Finger millet grains - Specification  (available in English) . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2020  
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   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 9 March 2020  
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: 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) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug