G/TBT/N/UGA/1253  
10 November 2020  
(20-8037) 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 dif ferent from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Rabbit 
meat; Fresh, chilled or frozen meat and edible offal of rabbits or hares (HS 020810); Meat 
and meat products (ICS 67.120.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  1029:2020, Rabbit meat (carcasses  and cuts) — Specification, First Edition 
(17 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and method of test for rabbit meat  (carcass and cuts) intended for human 
consumption.  
7. Objecti ve 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  G/TBT/N/UGA/1253  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
2. CAC/MRL 2, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food  
3. CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practice for meat  
4. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
5. EAS 38; Labelling of pre -packag ed foods — Specification  
6. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
7. 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  
8. ISO 5961, Water quality — Determination of cadmium by atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
9. ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead 
content — Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
10. ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of mercury 
content — Flameless atomic absorption method  
11. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
12. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of fo od 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  
13. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
14. ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens — Colony count  technique  
15. ISO 10272 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for detection 
and enumeration of Campylobacter spp. — Part 1: Detection method  
16. ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of L isteria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. — Part 
1: Detection method  
17. ISO 16649 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of beta -glucuronidasepositive  Escherichia coli — Part 1: Colony -
count technique at 44 degrees C using membranes and 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-
indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
18. ISO 17294 -2, Water quality — Application of inductively coupled plasma mass 
spectrometry (ICP -MS) — Part 2: Determination o f 62 elements  
19. ISO 17604, Microbiology of the food chain — Carcass sampling for microbiological 
analysis OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/UGA/1253  
 
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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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