G/TBT/N/UGA/1288  
8 March 2021  
(21-1927) 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 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):  Food 
safety  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2245:2020, 
Safety of foodstuffs —Requirements, First Edition (24 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard provides for gener al food safety 
requirements for foods intended for human consumption or further processing in 
particular where there is no specific product Uganda standard. It provides the basic 
requirements to be met for a food to be passed as safe.  
7. Objective and rat ionale, 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  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 967.26, Salmonella in processed foods. Detection  
2. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
3. EAS 804, Claims on food - Requirements  
4. EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims - Requirements  
5. US 1659, Materials in contact with food - Requirements for packag ing materials  G/TBT/N/UGA/1288  
 
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  6. US 217 -7/EAS 217 -7, Methods for microbiological examination of foods - Part 7: 
Examination for Clostridium Botulinum and Clostridium Botulinum toxin  
7. US 28 EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
8. US 45 , General Standard for Food additives.  
9. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
10. US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
11. US CAC/MRL 2, Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and Risk Management 
Recommendations (RMRs) for residues of veterinary drugs in foods  
12. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
13. US EAS 68 -2-1, Milk and milk products - Methods for microbiological 
examination - Part 2 -1: Enumeration of coliforms ? Colony count technique at 
30 Degr ees Celsius  
14. US EAS 68 -2-2, Milk and milk products - Methods of microbiological examination 
? Part 2 -2: Enumeration of coliforms ? Most probable number technique at 30 
Degrees Celsius  
15. US ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the detection and enumeration of coliforms - Most probable number 
technique  
16. US ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
17. US ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of  food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes - Part 1: 
Detection method  
18. US ISO 11866 -1, Milk and milk products - Enumeration of presumptive 
Escherichia coli - Part 1: Most probable number t echnique using 4 -
methylumbelliferyl -beta-D-glucuronide (MUG)  
19. US ISO 11866 -2, Milk and milk products - Enumeration of presumptive 
Escherichia coli - Part 2: Colony -count technique at 44 Degrees C using 
membranes  
20. US ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the detection of Escherichia coli O157  
21. US ISO 21527, 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  
22. US ISO 21528 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae - Part 1: Detection of 
Enterobacteriaceae  
23. US ISO 6461, Water quality - Detection and enumeration of  the spores of 
sulfite - reducing anaerobes (clostridia) - Part 2: Method by membrane filtration  
24. US ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the detection of Salmonella spp  
25. US ISO 6888, Microbiology of food and animal  feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase — positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococcus aureus and other species)  
26. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the detection and enumeration of pre sumptive Escherichia coli - 
Most probable number technique  
27. US ISO 9308 -2, Water quality - Enumeration of Escherichia coli and coliform 
bacteria - Part 2: Most Probable Number method  G/TBT/N/UGA/1288  
 
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  28. US ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens - Colony -count technique  
29. US ISO 9308 -2, Water quality - Enumeration of Escherichia coli and coliform 
bacteria - Part 2: Most Probable Number method  
30. European Union (microbiological criteria for foodstuffs ) regulations 2012, s.i. no. 
474 of 2012  
31. Corrigendum to commission regulation (ec) no 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 
on microbiological criteria  
32. for foodstuffs (official journal of the European union l 338 of 22 December 
2005)  
33. GSO /FDS 1016 / 2014, microbio logical criteria for foodstuffs, standardization 
organization for g.c.c (gso)  
34. KS 2455: 2013, food safety — general standard, Kenya standard  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 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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