41 THE REPl'BI IC <)F IGAXDA The ! ' ’ VA ; THE REMWT (M-‘ UUNDA Registered at the Published Uganda Gazette General Post Office for transmission within by East Africa as a Newspaper Authority Vol. XCVI No. 7 14th February, 2003 Price: Shs. 1000 CONTENTS Page 2. US 12: 2002 Specification for whole maize meal The Uganda National Bureau of Standards—Notice 41-52 (Second Ed) The Advocates Act—Notices................................... 53 The Companies Act—Notices................................... 53 Scope: This Uganda standard applies to whole The Trade Marks Act— Registration of applications 54-56 maize meal, milled from kernels of Advertisements ........................................................ 56 common maize, Zea mays L. for human consumption. SUPPLEMENTS Legal Notice 3. US 13:2002 Specification for degermed maize ■No. 3—The Local Governments (Declaration of Towns) meal and maize grits (Second Ed) ’ Notice. 2003. Scope: This Uganda standard applies to de Statutory Instrument germed maize meal, and maize grits No. 5—The Local Governments (Graduated Tax) milled from kernels of common maize, Declaration of Rates (Amendment) Instrument, 2003. Zea mays L. for human consumption. 4. US 14:2002 Specification for pulses (excluding General Notice No. 36 of 2003. beans) (Second Ed) THE UGANDA NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS Scope: This Uganda Standard applies to the ACT, 1983 whole, shelled or split pulses of lentils (Act No. I OF 1983, Section 18) (Lens culinaris Medic. Syn. Lens esculenta Moench.); peas (Pisum PRELIMINARY NOTICE sativum L.); chickpeas (Cicer arientinum L.); field beans (Vicia faba In accordance with section 17 of the Uganda National L.); cow peas (Vigna unquiculata (L.) Bureau of Standards (UNBS) Act, 1983, the National Walp.), syn. Vigna sesquipedalis Standards Council intends to recommend to the Minister for Fruhw. Vigna sinensis (L.) Savi exd Tourism, Trade and Industry to declare the Standard Hassk.) which are intended for direct Specifications indicated below for compulsory application human consumption. after 60 days from the date of this notice. 5. US 16:2002 Specification for sorghum grains The National Standards Council therefore calls upon all (Second Ed) interested persons or parties likely to be affected by compulsory application of these standards to lodge their Scope: This Uganda Standard applies to objections in writing to the Executive Director, Uganda sorghum grains obtained from species National Bureau of Standards, P.O. Box 6329, Kampala. Fax of Sorghum bicolour (L) Moench, 286123, E-mail: unbs@afsat.com intended for direct human consumption. Every person who has an objection to the declaration of a standard as compulsory shall be entitled to be heard by the 6. US 17:2002 Specification for maize grains National Standards Council. No standard specification shall be (Second Ed) declared compulsory until the council has heard all persons who have lodged objections. Scope: This Uganda Standard applies to maize (corn) for direct human If no objections are received within 60 days, the Standard consumption, i.c., ready for its Specifications shall be recommended to the Minister for intended use as human food, presented declaration as Compulsory Uganda Standards. in packaged form or sold loose from the package directly to the consumer. 1. US 7:2002 General Standard for the Labelling • Of Pre-packaged Foods (Second Ed) 7. US 28:2002 Code of practice for Hygiene in the Scope: This Uganda standard applies to the Food and Drink manufacturing labelling of all pre-packaged foods to Industries (Second Ed), be offered as such to the consumer or for catering purposes and to certain aspects Scope: This code of practice sets out the relating to the presentation thereof. general guidelines for the hygiene