G/SPS/N/UGA/192  
 
29 June 2022  
(22-5038) 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 of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen (HS code(s): 0204); 
Meat and meat products (ICS code(s): 67.120.10), caprine meat, goat meat  
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 1247: 2022, Caprine (goat) meat — 
Carcasses and cuts, First Editio n. Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  22 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_4368_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard defines the requirements, methods 
of sampling and test for goat carcasses and meat 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/192  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• Uganda Gazette  
• AOAC Official Method 972.25, Lead (Pb) in food. Atomic absorption Spectrophoto meter  
• CAC/RCP 1, Recommended international code of practice — General principles of food 
hygiene  
• CAC/MRL2: Maximum residue limits (MRLs) and risk management recommendations 
(RMRs) for residues of veterinary drugs in foods  
• CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practices for meat  
• ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 degrees C  
• ISO 6888 -1: Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the  enumeration 
of coagulasepositive  
• staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other species) — Part 1: Method using 
Baird-Parker agar medium  
• ISO 16649 -2: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of beta -glucuronid ase-positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: Colony -
count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
• ISO 16654: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Escherichia coli  O157  
• ISO 6579-1: Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp. 
• 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  
• ISO 10272 -1: Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for detection and 
enumeration of Campylobacter spp. — Part 1: Detection method  
• ECE/TRADE/ ---:2007, UNECE Standard — Caprine meat — Carcasses and cuts  
• KS 317 -2: 1982(C1999), Specification for meat grades and meat cuts — Part 2: Lamb, 
Mutton and Goat meat  
• IS 2536:1995(R2000), Meat and Meat Products — Mutton and Goat Meat (Chevon) — 
Fresh, Chilled and Frozen — Technical Requ irement  
• USDA  Plant Inspectorate  Service  website: 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants  
(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 a ddress (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/192  
 
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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