G/TBT/N/UGA/1632  
28 June 2022  
(22-4989) Page: 1/3 
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 different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Meat of 
bovine animals, fresh or chilled. (HS code(s): 0201); Meat and meat products (ICS 
code(s): 67.120 .10), Bovine meat  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 
1245: 2022, Bovine (beef) meat — Carcasses and cuts, First Edition  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the SPS Committee.; (20 page(s), 
in Eng lish) 
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies methods of grading and 
grades of beef, quality and safety requirements and methods of test of carcasses thereof, 
intended for human consumption. This standard also defines major portions of meat cuts 
from the carcasses for sale.  
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; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and 
productivity enhancement  G/TBT/N/UGA/1632  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC Official Method 972.25, Lead (Pb) in food. Atomic absorption 
spectrophotometer  
2. CAC/RCP 1, Recommended international code of practice — General principles of 
food hygiene  
3. CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practice for meat  
4. CAC/MRL2: Maximum residue limits (MRLs) and risk management 
recommendations (RMRs) for residues of veterinary drugs in foods  
5. ARS 56, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
6. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 ˚C by the pour 
plate tech nique  
7. ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of icroorganisms —Part 2: Colony count at 30 ˚C by the surface 
plating technique  
8. ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for th e enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 ˚C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-
glucuronide  
9. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration o f coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
10. ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens — Colony-count technique  
11. ISO 10272 -1: Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for detection 
and enumeration of Campylobacter spp. — Part 1: Detection method  
12. ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumer ation of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. — Part 
1: Detection method  
13. ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Escherichia coli 0157.  
14. ISO 21528 -1 
15. ISO 215828 -2 
16. CAC/GL 50  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/UGA/1632  
 
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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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