G/TBT/N/UGA/1617  
24 June 2022  
(22-4883) Page: 1/3 
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 [X], 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):  - Other : 
(HS code(s): 04089); Poultry and eggs (ICS code(s): 67.120.20)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 
1205: 2022, Egg powder — Specification, First Edition; (22 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the safety and quality 
requirements, sampling and test meth ods for egg powder.  
This standard on egg powder aims to facilitate economic exchanges between countries 
and will contribute to the availability of quality products for the African population. It will 
contribute to ensure the health of African consumers.  
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; Quality requirements; 
Harmon ization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• CAC/RCP 1, Recommended international code of practice — General principles of 
food hygiene  
• ISO 936:1998, Meat and meat products — Determination of total ash  G/TBT/N/UGA/1617  
 
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  • ISO 1736 [IDF 9], Dried milk and dried milk products — Determination of fat 
content — Gravimetric method (Reference method)  
• ISO 1737 [IDF 13], Evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk — 
Determination of fat content — Gravimetric method (Reference method)  
• 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  
• 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  
• ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
• ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping o f Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
• ISO 8156 [IDF 129], Dried milk and dried milk products — Determination of 
insolubility index  
• ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -
D-glucuronide  
• ISO 21528 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of Enterobacteriacea e — Part 2: Colony -count 
technique  
• ISO 23776, Meat and meat products — Determination of total phosphorous 
content  
• Regulations Governing the Voluntary Grading of Shell Eggs, 7 CFR Part 56, 
Effective March 30, 2008  
• United States Standards, Grades, and Weight  Classes for Shell Eggs, AMS 56, 
Effective July 20, 2000  
• IS 4723:1978(R2000), Specification for Egg Powder  
• Codex Alimentarius website: 
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/mrls/vetdrugs/jsp/vetd_q -e.jsp 
• USDA Foreign Agricultural Service website: http://www.mrl database.com  
• USDA Agricultural Marketing Service website: 
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/Standards  
• European Union: 
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/pharmaceuticals/veterinary -
use/maximumresidue -limits/index_en.ht  
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  G/TBT/N/UGA/1617  
 
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  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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