G/SPS/N/UGA/108  
 
3 December 2019  
(19-8317) 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):  Pasteurised liquid eggs  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions o r countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS 2170:2019, Pasteurised liquid eggs - Specification, 
First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  18 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_6875_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, testing 
and sampling methods for pasteurized liquid eggs obtained from domesticated birds for 
human consumption.  
Note: This draft standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection,  
[ ] 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 co nform 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/108  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− Egg and egg products processing, Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional 
science, University of Alberta and Edmonton, Canada  
− IEC: 2007, Egg and Egg product standard, Guideline, International Egg Commission, 
London, UK  
− International Egg pasteurisation manual, U nited Egg Association, 2002  
− UNECE: 1986: Hen egg products for use in the food industry - Standard  
− Egg pasteurisation manual, US Department of Agricultural Research Services, 1969  
− Rheological Properties of Liquid Egg Products  (LEPS ), Mehmet Resat Atılgan & Sevcan; 
Unluturk, International Journal of Food Properties, 11: 296 -309, 2008  
− AOAC Official Method 931.06, Phosphorus (Total) (P2O5) in Eggs  
− US 28, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
− US 45, G eneral standard for food additives (5th Edition)  
− US 1659, Materials in contact with food - Requirements for packaging materials  
− US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
− US CAC/RCP 15, Code of hygienic practice for eggs and egg products  
− US EAS 5, Refine d white sugar - Specification  
− US EAS 12, Potable water - Specification  
− US EAS 35, Fortified food grade salt - Specification  
− US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
− US EAS 797, Vitamin and mineral food supplements - Requirements  
− US EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims - Requirements  
− US ISO 936, Meat and meat products - Determination of total ash  
− US ISO 1736, Dried milk and dried milk products - Determination of fat content - 
Gravimetic method (Reference method)  
− US ISO 1737, E vaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk - Determination of fat 
content - Gravimetric method (Reference method)  
− US ISO 3728, Ice -cream and milk ice - Determination of total solids content 
(Reference method)  
− US ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal f eeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
− US 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  
− US ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 2: Colony count at 30 °C by the surface plating 
technique  
− US ISO 6579 Cor. 1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the detection of Salmonella  spp 
− US ISO 6888 -1, 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  
− US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable 
number technique  
− US ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feed ing stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1, Colony count technique in products 
with water activity greater than 0.95  
− US ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enumeratio n of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count technique in products 
with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
− Uganda Gazette   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2020  
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) : Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for Trade, 
Industry and Cooperatives.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   G/SPS/N/UGA/108  
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 1 February 2020  
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 : http://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: http://www.unbs.go.ug