G/SPS/N/UGA/266  
2 August 2023  
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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):  Dried, shelled chickpeas "garbanzos", whether or not skinned or 
split (HS code(s): 071320); Dry chickpeas  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to th e extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS DARS 866: 2023, Dry chickpeas — Specification, 
First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  18 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/UGA/23_11431_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling  and test methods for dry chickpeas of the varieties (cultivars) grown from 
Cicer arietinum  (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 protection, 
[ ] 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 standar d: 
[ ] 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 Conv ention (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:   G/SPS/N/UGA/266  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice;  
− ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling;  
− AOAC Official Method 999.10:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron 
and zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after microwave digestion;  
− AOAC Official Method 999.11:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron 
and zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after dry ashing;  
− AOAC Official Method 2001.04, De termination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and 
corn flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup;  
− CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed; 
− ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size , foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods;  
− ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the detection of Salmonella spp.;  
− 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);  
− ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  — Most probable 
number technique;  
− ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95;  
− ISO 243 33, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling;  
− ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method;  
− EAS 754:2012, Chickpeas — Specification;  
− Chickpeas Official Grain Grading Guide, August 1, 2012, Canadian Grain 
Commission;  
− Pulses Grading and Marking Rules, 2003, Schedule XII, Grade designation and 
definition of quality of Kabuli Chana, Ministry of Agriculture, India, 7th April 2004;  
− Ethiopian Standards, ES 18:2001, Pulses — Grading of chickpeas;  
− CODEX STAN 171:1989 (Rev. 1:1995), Standard for Certain Pulses;  
− Australian Pulse Standards, 2012/2013 — Chickpeas minimum receival standards;  
Uganda Gazette  (available in E nglish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Mid 2024  
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) : 1 October 2023  
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/266  
 
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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