G/SPS/N/UGA/144  
 
11 January 2021  
(21-0369) 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 meat  
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 2157:2020, Smoked meat - Specification First 
Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/UGA/21_0348_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
methods of test and sampling for smoked meat for human consumption.  
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:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organi zation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− AOAC Official Method 986.15 Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Seleni um, and Zinc in Human 
and Pet Foods (Multielement Method)  
− AOAC Official Method 999.10 Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in Foods (Atomic 
Absorption Spectrophotometry after Microwave Digestion)  G/SPS/N/UGA/144  
 
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  − AOAC Official Method 999.11 Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods Atomic 
Absorption Spectrophotometry (Dry Ashing)  
− Method 973.34. Cadmium in food. Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric Method  
− Method 971.21; Mercury in Food, Flameless Atomic Absorpt ion Spectrophotometric 
Method  
− US 45, General standard for food additives (6th Edition)  
− US 168, Edible oils and fats - Specification (2nd Edition)  
− US 737, Production of packaged meat products (processed) - Hygienic requirements  
− US 734, Design and operation of abattoirs and slaughterhouses - Requirements  
− US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed (5th Edition)  
− US CAC/MRL 2, Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and Risk Management 
Recommendations (RMRs) for residues of veterinary drugs in foods  
− US CAC/RCP 42 (Revised in 2014), Code of hygienic practice for spices and dried 
aromatic herbs (Second Edition)  
− US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
− US CAC/RCP 58, Codex code of hygienic practice for meat  
− US EAS 35, Fortified food gr ade salt - Specification  
− US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
− US ISO 1442, Meat and meat products - Determination of moisture content (Reference 
method)  
− US ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour 
plate technique  
− US ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeds - Horizontal method for detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella, Enumeration by a miniaturized m ost 
probable number technique  
− US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeds - Horizontal method for 
enumeration of Coagulase - positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species), Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
− US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeds - Horizontal method for detection, 
enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable number technique  
− US ISO 11290 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the de tection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes - Part 2: Enumeration 
method  
− US 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 wat er activity greater than 0.95  
− Uganda Gazette  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : March 2021  
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) : Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for Trade, 
Industry and Cooperatives.  
[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) : 12 March 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if avai lable) 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  G/SPS/N/UGA/144  
 
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  Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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 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