G/SPS/N/UGA/285  
24 October 2023  
(23-7145) Page: 1/3 
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):  Anchovies "Engraulis spp.", salted or in brine only (excl. fillets and 
offal) (HS code(s): 030563); Fish and fishery products (ICS code(s): 67.120.30)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS DARS 1110 -3:2023, Dried small sardine and sardine -
type pelagic fish - Part 3: salted Boiled dried anchovies, First Edition . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  20 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/UGA/23_13109_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard shall apply to all commercial species 
of anchovies belonging to the family Engraulidae that h ave been boiled in brine, and dried. 
This product is intended for consumption after cooking and for further processing. This 
Standard shall not cover products that have undergone heat treatment prior to drying; It 
does not also cover products which have un dergone an enzymatic maturation in brine. The 
product shall be prepared from fresh or frozen split or whole fish of the family Engraulidae 
with some of the species listed, but not limited in Annex A . 
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 standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CXS 236 -2003 Standard for Boiled Dried Salted 
Anchovies  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/285  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. AOAC Official Method 937.09, Salt (chlorine as sodium chloride) in seafood  
2. AOAC Official Method 977.13, Histamine in sea food - Fluorometric method  
3. AOAC Official Method 999.10, Lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods - Atomic 
absorption spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
4. AOAC Official Method 999.11, Lead, cadmium, copper, iron and zinc in foods - Atomic 
absorption spectrophotometry aft er dry ashing  
5. AOAC Official Method 2015.01, Heavy metals in food - Inductively coupled plasma –mass 
spectrometry  
6. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene - Code of practice  
7. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods - Labelling  
8. ARS 471, Iodized food grade salt - Specifica tion 
9. CAC/RCP 52, Code of practice for fish and fishery products  
10. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
11. ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of coliforms - Most probable number technique  
12. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
13. ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of micr oorganisms - Colony -count technique at 30 ° C  
14. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
15. ISO 6887 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Preparation of test samples, 
initial suspension and decimal dilutions for microbiological examination - Part 1: General 
rules for the preparation of the initial suspension and decimal dilutions  
16. ISO 6887 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Preparation of test samples, 
initial suspension and decimal dilutions for microbiological examination - Part 3: Specific 
rules for the preparation of fish and fishery products  
17. ISO 6888 -1, 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  
18. ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylo coccus aureus and other 
species) - Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar medium  
19. ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus an d other 
species) - Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
20. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable number 
technique  
21. ISO 7937,  Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of Clostridium perfringens - Colony -count technique  
22. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cerea ls, nuts and derived products - High performance 
liquid chromatographic method  
23. ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of Escherichia coli O157  
24. ISO 18787, Foodstuffs - Determination of water activity  
25. ISO 21567, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of Shigella spp.  
26. ISO/TS 21872 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the detection of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp. - Part 1: Detection of 
Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae  
27. ISO/TS 21872 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the detection of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp. - Part 2: Detec tion of 
species other than Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae  
28. Uganda Gazette  
(available in English)  G/SPS/N/UGA/285  
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
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) : 23 December 202 3 
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  
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