G/TBT/N/UGA/1853  
24 October 2023  
(23-7140) 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  
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):  Frozen 
shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in 
shell, cooke d by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. cold -water shrimps and prawns) 
(HS code(s): 030617); Fish and fishery products (ICS code(s): 67.120.30); Quick frozen 
prawns; Quick frozen shrimps  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified docume nt: DUS DARS 
1116:2023, Quick frozen prawns or shrimps — Specification, First Edition; (16 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies Quality and Safety 
requirement, sampling and Test method for quick and frozen p rawns or shrimps 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; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food ― Silver diethyldibocarbamate method  
2. AOAC 972.23, Lead in fish ― Atomic absorption spectrophotometri c method  G/TBT/N/UGA/1853  
 
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  3. AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food ― Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method  
4. AOAC 983.20, Mercury (methyl) in fish and shellfish ― Gas chromatographic 
method  
5. CAC/GL 50, General guideline on sampling  
6. CAC/RCP 52, Code of practice for fish and fishery products  
7. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
8. WHO International Guideline for Drinking water quality  
9. CODEXSTAN I - 1985Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Requirements  
10. African Organisation for Standardization (ARSO) 53, General Principl es of food 
hygiene - Code of practice 2012(E).  
11. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony -count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate 
technique  
12. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feed ing stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
13. ISO 6888 (all parts), 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 medium  
14. ISO 16649 -3, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of beta glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 3: Detection 
and most probable number technique using 5 -bromo -4-chloro-3-indolyl -ß-D-
glucuronide  
15. ISO/TS 21872 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — 
Horizontal method for the detection of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp.  
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  
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 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  
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