G/SPS/N/UGA/186  
 
29 June 2022  
(22-5029) 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):  Kidney beans, including white pea beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris ) 
(HS code(s): 071333); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
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 864:2022, Dry beans — Specification, First 
Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  18 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_4353_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and methods 
of sampling and test for dry beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris ) intended for human consumption. 
It does not apply to processed beans.  
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 Protecti on 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/186  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• Uganda Gazette  
• ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
• ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
• CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
• ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
• ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
• ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
• ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of l ead content — 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
• ISO/TS 16634 -2, Food products — Determination of the total nitrogen content by 
combustion according to the Dumas principle and calculation of t he crude protein 
content — Part 2: Cereals, pulses and milled cereal products  
• ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in products 
with water a ctivity less than or equal to 0.95  
• ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method  
• ISO 27085, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium, sodium, phosphorus, 
magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, molybde num, arsenic, 
lead and cadmium by ICPAES  
• EAS 46:2011, Dry beans — Specification  
• United States Standards for Beans, Effective 19 December 2008  
• Beans, Official Grain Grading Guide, 1 August 2012, Canadian Grain Commission  
• Pulses Grading and Marking Rules, 20 03, Ministry of Agriculture, India, 7 April 2004  
• CODEX STAN 171:1989 (Rev. 1:1995), Standard for Certain Pulses  
• Malawi Standard, MBS 245:1991, Bean — Specification  
• Department of Agriculture, Regulation Gazette No. 23571, 5 July 2002, Agricultural 
Product S tandards  
• Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990), Regulations relating to the grading, packing and 
marking of dry beans intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa  
• Ethiopian Standards Regulations No. 12/1990, Pulses  
(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 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  G/SPS/N/UGA/186  
 
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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