G/TBT/N/UGA/1369  
23 August 2021  
(21-6359) Page: 1/2 
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):  Pork; 
Fresh or chilled meat of swine (excl. carcases and half -carcases, and hams, shoulders and 
cuts thereof, with bone in) (HS 020319); Meat and meat products (ICS 67.120.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : DUS DEAS 84 -
3:2021, Meat grades and meat cuts ― Specification — Part 3: Pork, First Edition. Note: 
This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the SPS Committee. (15 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifie s grading of pork, quality 
requirements, safety requirement and  methods of sampling and test for pork carcasses 
and cuts meant for human consumption.  
7. Objective 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; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Releva nt documents:   
1. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
2. ISO 22000c, Food safety management systems - Requirements for any 
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  3. EAS 151, Hazard analysis critical control points (HACCP)  
4. CAC/MRL 2, Maximum Residue Limits for Veterinary Drugs in Food  
5. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods  
6. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique.  
7. ISO 16649 -2, Mic robiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -— Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — 
Part 2: Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-
indolyl beta -D-glucuronide.  
8. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiol ogy 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.  
9. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feedin g stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
10. ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria spp. -- 
Part 1: Detection method  
11. CAC/RCP 58 -2005, Codex code of hygienic practice for meat.  
12. EAS 12, Specification for potable water  
13. ISO 17604, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - carcass sampling  
14. ISO/TS 17728, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - sampling 
techniques for microbiol ogical analysis of foods and feeds.  
15. ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the detection of Escherichia coli 0157:H7  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  November 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  
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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