G/TBT/N/UGA/1363  
26 July 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 [X], 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):  Powdered 
silver cyprinid, Powdered Mukene; Fish, dried, even salted but not smoked, n.e.s. (excl. 
fillets and offal) (HS 030559); Fish and fishery products (ICS 67.120.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 780:2021, 
Powdered silver cyprinid (Mukene) — Specification, Second Edition (14 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Working Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements 
and methods of sampling and test for powdered silver cyprinid (Muke ne) of the species 
Rastrineobola argentea, 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; Pr otection of human health or safety; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/283  
2. US 28, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
3. US 45, General standard for food additives  
4. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  G/TBT/N/UGA/1363  
 
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  5. US 919, Dried silver cyprinid (Mukene) – Specification  
6. US EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
7. US EAS 804, Claims on food - Requirements  
8. US EAS 805, Use of nutrition and  health claims - Requirements  
9. 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  
10. US ISO 13720, Meat and meat products — Enumeration of presumptive 
Pseudomonas spp.  
11. US ISO 15089, Water quality Guidelines for selective immunoassays for the 
determination of plant treatment and pesticide agents  
12. US ISO 16050, Food stuffs - Determination of aflatoxins B1 and total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts, and derived products ? High 
performance liquid chromatographic method  
13. US ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony co unt 
technique in products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
14. US ISO 4831, Microbiology of foods and animal feeding stuffs ─ Horizontal 
method for the detection and enumeration of coliforms – Most probable number 
technique  
15. US ISO 4833, Microbiol ogy of foods and animal feeding stuffs ─ Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of microorganisms – Colony count technique at 30 
°C technique  
16. US ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
17. US ISO 6490 -1, Animal feed ing stuffs — Determination of calcium content — 
Part 1: Titrimetric method  
18. US ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the detection of Salmonella spp. (Cor_1_2004)  
19. US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feed ing stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococcus aureus and other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -
Parker agar medium  
20. US 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. US ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens — Colony -count 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  November 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/1363  
 
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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 63 29 
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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