G/SPS/N/UGA/198  
 
29 June 2022  
(22-5041) 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):  Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled 
or frozen (HS code(s): 0207); Poultry and eggs (ICS code(s): 67.120.20)  
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 1224: 2021, Chicken meat — Carcasses and 
parts, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_4379_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft African standard specifies the quality and safety 
requirements, methods of sampling and test for raw chicken meat, carcass es and parts 
intended for human consumption. This excludes products with added ingredients or 
"chicken preparations".  
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 se rial 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/198  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• Uganda Gazette  
• AOAC 972.25 Official Method of Analysis of Lead in Foods - Atomic Adsorption 
Spectrophotometry  
• CAC/MRL 2, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food  
• ARS 56, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• CAC/RCP 1, Recommended international code of practice — General principles of food 
hygiene  
• 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  
• ISO 6888 -1, Mic robiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
• ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Escherichia coli  0157 
• 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 techniq ue at 44 ˚C using 5 - bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
• ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of Clostridium perfringens — Colony -count technique  
• ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chai n — Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. — Part 1: Detection 
method  
• ISO 10272 -1:2017, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of Campylobacter spp. — Part 1: Detection method  
• ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp. 
• ECE/TRANS/165, UNECE Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable 
Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment t o be Used for Such Carriage (ATP)  
(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 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  G/SPS/N/UGA/198  
 
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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