G/SPS/N/UGA/283  
24 October 2023  
(23-7143) Page: 1/2 
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):  Frozen shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps 
and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. cold -water  shrimps and 
prawns) (HS code(s): 030617); Fish and fishery products (ICS  code(s):  67.120.30); Quick 
frozen prawns; Quick frozen shrimps  
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 1116:2023, Quick frozen prawns or shrimps  - 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  16 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/UGA/23_13106_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies  Quality and Safety 
requirement, sampling and Test method for quick and frozen prawns or shrimps intended 
for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pes t or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) : CXS 92-1981 Standard for Quick Frozen Shrimps or Prawns  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/283  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food - Silver diethyldibocarbamate method  
2. AOAC 972.23, Lead in fish - Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method  
3. AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food - Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method  
4. AOAC 983.20, Mercury (methyl) in fish and s hellfish - Gas chromatographic method  
5. CAC/GL 50, General guideline on sampling  
6. CAC/RCP 52, Code of practice for fish and fishery products  
7. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
8. WHO International Guideline for Drinking water quality  
9. CODEXSTAN I - 1985Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Requirements  
10. African Organisation for Standardization (ARSO) 53, General Principles of food hygiene  - 
Code of practice 2012(E)  
11. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microor ganisms - Part 1: Colony -count at 30 °C by the pour plate technique  
12. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
13. ISO 6888 (all parts), Microbiology 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  
14. ISO 16649 -3, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of beta glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli - Part 3: Detection and most probable 
number technique using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl -ß-D-glucuronide  
15. ISO/TS 21872 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the detection o f potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp.  
16. Uganda Gazette  
(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) : 23 December 2023  
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  
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