G/TBT/N/UGA/1633  
28 June 2022  
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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), Caprine meat, Goat meat  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 
1247: 2022, Caprine (goat) 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 defines the requirements, methods 
of sampling and test for goat carcasses and meat cuts intended for human consumption.  
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 trad e; Cost saving and 
productivity enhancement  G/TBT/N/UGA/1633  
 
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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/MRL2: Maximum residue limits (MRLs) and risk management 
recommendations (RMRs) for residues of veterinary drugs in foods  
4. CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practices for meat  
5. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 degrees 
C 
6. ISO 6888 -1: Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulasepositive  
7. staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) — Part 1: Method usin g 
Baird-Parker agar medium  
8. ISO 16649 -2: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl  beta-
D-glucuronide  
9. ISO 16654: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Escherichia coli O157  
10. ISO 6579 -1: Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Sal monella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp.  
11. ISO 11290 -1: Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. — Part 
1: Detection method  
12. ISO 10272 -1: Microbiology of the food  chain — Horizontal method for detection 
and enumeration of Campylobacter spp. — Part 1: Detection method  
13. ECE/TRADE/ ---:2007, UNECE Standard — Caprine meat — Carcases and cuts  
14. KS 317 -2: 1982(C1999), Specification for meat grades and meat cuts — Part 2: 
Lamb, Mutton and Goat meat  
15. IS 2536:1995(R2000), Meat and Meat Products — Mutton and Goat Meat 
(Chevon) — Fresh, Chilled and Frozen — Technical Requirement  
16. Codex Alimentarius website: 
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/mrls/pestdes/jsp/pest_q -e.jsp 
17. USDA Foreign Agricultural Service website: http://www.mrldatabase.com  
18. USDA Agricultural Marketing Service website: 
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/Standards  
19. USDA Plant Inspectorate Service website: 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants  
20. 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  G/TBT/N/UGA/1633  
 
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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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