G/SPS/N/UGA/187  
 
29 June 2022  
(22-5030) 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):  Of rabbits or hares (HS code(s): 020810); Meat and meat products 
(ICS code(s): 67.120.10)  
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 1250: 2022, Rabbit meat — Carcasses and 
cuts, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_4356_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the quality and safety 
requirements, sampling and referenced test methods for rabbit meat (carcasses and cuts) 
intended for human consumption.  
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 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 Organization 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:   G/SPS/N/UGA/187  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are av ailable:   
• Uganda Gazette  
• AOAC 971.21, Mercury in food. Flameless atomic absorption Spectrophotometry 
method  
• AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in Foods. Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry after Microwave Digestion  
• CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
• CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practice for meat  
• CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• CX/MRL 2, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food ARS 56; Labelling of 
pre-packaged foods — Specification  
• ARS 53, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
• 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  
• ISO 5961, Water quality — Determination of cadmium by atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
• ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp. 
• ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal m ethod for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
• ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of C lostridium perfringens — Colony count technique  
• ISO 10272 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for detection and 
enumeration of Campylobacter spp. — Part 1: Detection method  
• ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method f or the detection 
and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria  spp. — Part 1: Detection 
method  
• ISO 13720, Meat and meat products — Enumeration of presumptive Pseudomonas 
spp. 
• ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizonta l method for the 
detection of Escherichia coli  O157  
• ISO 16649 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of betaglucuronidase - 
• positive Escherichia coli  — Part 1: Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 
membranes and 5 -bromo-4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
(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   
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 63 29 
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  G/SPS/N/UGA/187  
 
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  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