G/SPS/N/UGA/282  
23 October 2023  
(23-7114) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Smoked fish, incl. fillets (excl. offal, Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, 
Danube salmon, herring, trout, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakehead s) 
(HS code(s): 030549); Fish and fishery products (ICS code(s): 67.120.30); Smoked fish, 
smoke -flavoured fish; smoke -dried fish  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS DARS 1117:2023, Smoked fish, smoke -flavoured 
and smoke -dried fish - Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of 
pages:  16 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/UGA/23_13083_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies  quality and safety 
requirements, test methods and sampling for smoked, smoke -flavoured and smoke -dried 
fish products. It includes whole fish, fillets, and sliced fish. The standard applies to fish, 
either for direct human consumption, further processing, or for addition into speciality or 
minced products where fish constitutes only part of the edible contents.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CXS 311 -2013, Standard for Smoked  Fish, Smoke -
Flavoured Fish and Smoke -Dried Fish  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/282  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food - Silver diethyldibocarbamate method  
2. AOAC 972.23, Lead in fish - Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method  
3. AOAC 977.13, Histamine in sea food - Fluorometric method  
4. AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food - Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method  
5. AOAC 983.20, Mercury (methyl) in fish and shellfish - Gas chromatographic method  
6. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene - Code of practice  
7. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods - Labelling  
8. CAC/GL 50, General guideline on sampli ng 
9. CAC/RCP 52, Code of practice for fish and fishery products  
10. ISO 1442, Meat and meat products - Determination of moisture content (Reference method)  
11. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms Part 1: Colony -count technique at 30 °C by the pour plate technique  
12. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
13. ISO 6888 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizont al method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species)  
14. ISO 16649 -3, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
beta glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli - Part 3: Detect ion and most probable number 
technique using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl -ß-D-glucuronide  
15. ISO/TS 17919, Microbiology of the food chain - Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the 
detection of food -borne pathogens - Detection of botulinum type A, B, E and F 
neurotoxin -producing clostridia  
16. ISO 17993, Water quality - Determination of 15 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) 
in water by HPLC with fluorescence detection after liquid - Liquid extraction  
17. 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  
18. ISO/TS 21872 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the detection of p otentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp.  
19. EAS 876:2017, Smoked fish, smoke -flavoured and smoke -dried fish - Specification  
20. CODEX STAN 311:2013, Standard for smoked fish, smoke -flavoured fish and smoke -dried fish  
21. Uganda Gazette  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 22 December 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enq uiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (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  G/SPS/N/UGA/282  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Lin k, 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