G/TBT/N/UGA/1276  
12 January 2021  
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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 dif ferent from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):  Smoked 
meat; Meat of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked (HS 021020); Meat and 
meat products (ICS 67.120.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2157:2020, 
Smoked meat — Specification First Ed ition (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
methods of test and sampling for smoked meat 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  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC Official Method 986.15 Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Selenium, and Zinc in 
Human and Pet Foods (Multielement Method)  
2. AOAC Official Method 999.10 Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in Foods 
(Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after Microwave Digestion)  
3. AOAC Official Method 999.11 Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Ir on, and Zinc in Foods 
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (Dry Ashing)  
4. Method 973.34. Cadmium in food. Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric Method  G/TBT/N/UGA/1276  
 
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  5. Method 971.21; Mercury in Food, Flameless Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometric Method  
6. US 45, General standard  for food additives (6th Edition)  
7. US 168, Edible oils and fats - Specification (2nd Edition)  
8. US 737, Production of packaged meat products (processed) — Hygienic 
requirements  
9. US 734, Design and operation of abattoirs and slaughterhouses — Requirements  
10. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed (5th 
Edition)  
11. US CAC/MRL 2, Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and Risk Management 
Recommendations (RMRs) for residues of veterinary drugs in foods  
12. US CAC/RCP 42, (Revised in 2014), Code of hygi enic practice for spices and dried 
aromatic herbs (Second edition  
13. US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
14. US CAC/RCP 58, Codex code of hygienic practice for meat.  
15. US EAS 35, Fortified food grade salt — Specification  
16. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -package d foods — General requirements  
17. US ISO 1442, Meat and meat products — Determination of moisture content 
(Reference method)  
18. US ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 d egrees C by the 
pour plate technique  
19. US ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeds — Horizontal method for 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella, Enumeration by a 
miniaturized most probable number technique  
20. US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeds — Horizontal method for 
enumeration of Coagulase - positive staphylococci. (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species), Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
21. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeds — Horizontal method for 
detection, enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli – Most probable number 
technique  
22. US ISO 11290 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes -- Part 2: 
Enumeration method  
23. US ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 1, Colony count 
technique in products with water activity greater than 0.95  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2021  
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  G/TBT/N/UGA/1276  
 
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  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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