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25 November 2019  
(19-8030) 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):  Raw 
cashew kernels; -- Shelled (HS 080132); Fruits and derived products (ICS 67.080.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
1001:2019, Raw cashew kernels ― Specification, First Edition. (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for raw  cashew kernels derived from raw cashew nut of the 
cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale, Linnaeus) intended for human consumption.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the SPS Committee.  
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  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. Codex Stan 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
2. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
3. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
4. ISO 542, Oilseeds — Sampling  
5. ISO 665, Oilseeds — Determina tion of moisture and volatile matter content  
6. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
7. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding  stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
8. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and  derived products — High-
performance liquid chromatographic method  G/TBT/N/UGA/1139  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020.  
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/2019/TBT/UGA/19_6660_00_e.pdf  
 