G/TBT/N/UGA/1634  
28 June 2022  
(22-4996) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
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  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  - Of geese 
: (HS code(s): 02075); Poultry and eggs (ICS code(s): 67.120.20), Goose meat  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 
1242: 2022, Goose meat — Carcasses and parts, First Edition  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the SPS Committee.; (14 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the quality and safety 
requirements, method of sampling and test methods for raw Goose meat, carcass and 
parts intended for human consumption. This excludes Products with added ingredients or 
"goose preparation s". 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC  972.25 Official Method of Analysis of Lead in Foods - Atomic Adsorption 
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  2. CAC/MRL 2, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food.  
3. ARS 56, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
4. CAC/RCP 1, Recommended international code of practice — General principles of 
food hygiene  
5. 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  
6. 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  
7. ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding st uffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 ˚C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-
glucuronide  
8. ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal  method 
for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens — Colony -count technique  
9. 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  
10. ISO 10272 -1:2017 , Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of Campylobacter spp. — Part 1: Detection method  
11. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella  spp. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, 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  
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