G/TBT/N/UGA/1629  
28 June 2022  
(22-4981) 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 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 
sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen. (HS code(s): 0204); Meat and meat products 
(ICS code(s) : 67.120.10), Ovine meat, Sheep meat  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 
1248: 2022, Ovine (sheep) meat — Carcasses and cuts, First Edition  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the SPS Committee.; (22 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies grading and grades of 
lamb and mutton, quality requirements, safety requirements, sampling and methods of 
test for lamb and mutton carcasses and cuts meant for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including t he 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 t rade; Cost saving and 
productivity enhancement  G/TBT/N/UGA/1629  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. ARS 56, Labelling of prepackaged foods — Specification  
2. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
3. AOAC 971.21, Mercury in food. Flameless atomic absorptions  
4. AOAC 972.25, Lead in food. Atomic absorption spectrophotometer  
5. AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food. Atomic absorption spectrophotometer  
6. ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count te chnique at 30 degrees 
C 
7. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
8. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
9. ISO 21528 -1 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae — Part 1: Detection of Enterobacteriaceae  
10. ISO 21528 -2 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae — Part 2 : Colony -count technique  
11. ECE/TRADE/308:2007, UNECE Standard — Ovine (sheep) meat — Carcases and 
cuts 
12. Codex Alimentarius website: 
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/mrls/pestdes/jsp/pest_q -e.jsp 
13. USDA Foreign Agricultural Service website: http://www.mrldatabas e.com  
14. USDA Agricultural Marketing Service website: 
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/Standards  
15. USDA Plant Inspectorate Service website: 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants  
16. European Union: http://ec.europa.eu/sanco_pesticides/public  
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  
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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