G/TBT/N/UGA/1631  
28 June 2022  
(22-4983) 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 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):  - Of ducks 
: (HS code(s): 02074); Poultry and eggs (ICS code(s): 67.120.20)  
5. Title, number of pages an d language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 
1226: 2022, Duck meat — Carcasses and parts, First Edition  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the SPS Committee.; (16 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard standard specifies the quality and 
safety requirements, sampling and test methods for raw Duck meat, carcass and parts 
intended for human consumption. This excludes Products with added ingredients or "duck 
preparations".  
7. Objective and r ationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Quality requ irements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  G/TBT/N/UGA/1631  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 972.25 Official Method of Analysis of Lead in Foods - Atomic Adsorption 
Spectrophotometry  
2. CAC/MRL 2, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food.  
3. ARS 56, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
4. CAC/RCP 1, Recommended international code of practice — General principles of 
food hygiene  
5. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 ˚C by the pour 
plate technique  
6. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylo coccus aureus 
and other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
7. ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Escherichia coli 0157  
8. ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feedin g stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 ˚C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-
glucuronide  
9. ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizo ntal method 
for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens — Colony -count technique  
10. 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  
11. ISO 10272 -1:2017, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of Campylobacter spp. — Part 1: Detection method  
12. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmon ella spp.  
ECE/TRANS/165, UNECE Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable 
Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for Such Carriage (ATP).  
13. ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumera tion of yeasts and moulds — Part 1: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity greater than 0.95  
14. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count tec hnique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
15. (ECE/TRANS/165, UNECE Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable 
Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for Such Carriage (ATP).  
16. ECE/TRADE/355:2006, Duck meat — Carcas ses and parts  
17. Codex Alimentarius website: 
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/mrls/vetdrugs/jsp/vetd_q -e.jsp 
18. USDA Foreign Agricultural Service website: http://www.mrldatabase.com  
19. USDA Agricultural Marketing Service w ebsite: 
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/Standards  
20. European Union: 
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/pharmaceuticals/veterinary -
use/maximumresidue -limits/index_en.htm  G/TBT/N/UGA/1631  
 
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  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  
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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