G/SPS/N/UGA/182  
 
29 June 2022  
(22-5024) 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):  Others (HS code(s): 040790); Poultry and eggs (ICS code(s): 
67.120.20)  
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 1202: 2022, Preserved eggs -in-shell, First 
Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  16 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_4305_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies quality and safety 
requir ements, methods of test for preserved hen eggs -in-shell fit for direct human 
consumption. This standard on Preserved eggs -in-shell aims to facilitate economic 
exchanges between countries and will contribute to the availability of quality products for 
the A frican population. It will contribute to the protection of consumers' health.  
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 relev ant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/182  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• Uganda Gazette  
• 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 4833 -1 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorgan isms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate technique  
• ISO 6888 -1 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
coagulase positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus and other species) — Part 1: 
Method using Baird - Parker agar medium  
• AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
• AOAC 972.25, Lead in food. Atomic absorption spectrophotometry  
• AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food. Atomic absorption spectrophot  
• AOAC 971.21, Mercury in food. Flameless atomic absorpti ons 
• CAC/MRL 2 Maximum residue limits (MRLs) and risk management recommendations 
(RMRS) for residues of veterinary drugs in foods  
• CAC/RCP 1 recommended international code of practice general principles of food 
hygiene  
• Regulations Governing the Voluntary Gra ding of Shell Eggs, 7 CFR Part 56, Effective 
30 March 2008  
• United States Standards, Grades, and Weight Classes for Shell Eggs, AMS 56, Effective 
20 July 2000  
• UNECE EP 45:1976/1994, Preserved eggs -in-shell 
(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  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax num ber 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