G/SPS/N/UGA/194  
 
29 June 2022  
(22-5034) 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):  Peas ( Pisum sativum ) (HS code(s): 071310); Cereals, pulses and 
derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
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 869: 2022, Dry whole peas — Specification, 
First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  16 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_4373_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and methods 
of sampling and test for dry whole peas of varieties (cultivars) grown from Pisum sativum  
(L.) and Pisum sativum  var. arvense (L.) intended for human consumption. It does not 
apply to processed whole peas after scope.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territ ory 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 Organization for Animal Health (O IE) (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:   G/SPS/N/UGA/194  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• Uganda Gazette  
• ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
• ARS 56, Pre-packaged foods — Labelling  
• AOAC Official Method 999.10:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
• AOAC Official Method 999.11:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after dry ashing  
• AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and 
corn flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  
• CODEX STAN  193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
• ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
• ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizo ntal method for the 
detection of Salmonella  spp. 
• ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) — Part 1: Technique using Bair d-Parker agar medium  
• ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) — Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar me dium 
• ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
• ISO 7251, Microbiolo gy of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  — Most probable number 
technique  
• ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxin B1, B2, G1  and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High performance 
liquid chromatographic method  
• ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in prod ucts 
with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
• ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
• ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method  
• EAS 759:2012, Dry whole peas — Specification  
• United States Standards for Whole Dry  Peas, Effective 15 July 2009  
• Peas, Official Grain Grading Guide, August 1, 2012, Canadian Grain Commission  
• Ethiopian Standard, ES 19:2001, Pulses — Grading of dry peas  
• Malawi Standard, MBS 243:1991, Dry garden peas — Specification  
(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   G/SPS/N/UGA/194  
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 28 August 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] 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  
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