G/SPS/N/UGA/158  
 
4 May 2021  
(21-3767) 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):  Soups, broths  
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 2238:2019, Soups and broths - Specification, 
First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  18 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/UGA/21_3233_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for soups and broths intended for human consumption and catering 
purpose.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect human s 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 rela ted 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 relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− AOAC Official Method 999.11, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods Atomic 
Absorption Spectrophotometry (Dry Ashing);  
− US 1659, Materials in contact with food - Requirements for packaging materials;  G/SPS/N/UGA/158  
 
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  − US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling;  
− US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements;  
− US EAS 39, Code of practice for Hygiene in the Food and Drink Manufacturing Industry 
US ISO 1871, Food and feed products - General guidelines for the determination of 
nitrogen by the Kjelda hl method;  
− US ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of moisture and other volatile 
matter content;  
− US ISO 6579 -1/AMD 1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detec tion of 
Salmonella  spp. - Amendment 1: Broader range of incubation temperatures 
amendment to the status of Annex D, and correction of the composition of MSRV and 
SC; 
− US ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the en umeration of Clostridium perfringens  - 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 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 16050, Foodstuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts  and derived products - High-performance 
liquid chromatographic method;  
− ISO 17919, Microbiology of the food chain - Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the 
detection of food -borne pathogens - Detection of botulinum type A, B, E and F 
neurotoxin -producing c lostridia;  
− US 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 activity less than or equal to 0.95;  
− US ISO 21567, Microbiology o f food and animal feeding stuffs Horizontal method for 
the detection of Shigella  spp; 
− Commercial Item Description (CID), Soups, shelf stable, 25 January 2017;  
− Commercial Item Description soup mixes, dehydrated, 24 August 2000;  
− Commercial Item Description, Bouillon (Soup and gravy bases), 30 November 2011;  
− KS 1088: PART 2:2001, Specification for soups and broths;  
− Codex Stan 117 -1981:2015, Codex Standard for Bouillons and Consommés;  
− Gisslen, Wayne. (2007), Professional Cooking for Canadian Chefs (6th ed.). Hoboken, 
NJ: John Wiley & Sons Inc.;  
− Uganda Gazette.  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : September 2021  
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/158  
 
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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) : 3 July 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if availa ble) 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