G/TBT/N/UGA/1340  
8 June 2021  
(21-4656) 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 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):  Edible 
mushrooms; Fresh or chilled edible mushrooms and truffles (excl. mushrooms of the 
genus "Agaricus") (HS 070959); Vegetables and derived products (ICS 67.080.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DE AS 
1059:2021, Processed cultivated edible mushrooms — Specification, First Edition (17 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for processed  cultivated edible mushroo ms intended for 
human consumption or for other use in the food industry.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Prot ection of human health or safety; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CODEX STAN 192, Food — Permitted food additives — Schedule  
2. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
3. ISO 948, Spices and condiments — Sampling  
4. ISO 2447, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of tin  G/TBT/N/UGA/1340  
 
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  5. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorgani sms — 
Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate technique  
6. ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — 
Part 2: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the surface plating technique  
7. ISO 6633, Fr uits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead 
content — Flameless atomic  
absorption spectrometric method  
8. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal methods 
for the detection of  
Salmonella spp.  
9. ISO 16649 -2, Microbi ology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of  
beta-glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: Colony -count technique at 
44 degrees C using 5 - 
bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 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  
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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