G/TBT/N/UGA/1622  
24 June 2022  
(22-4905) 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):  Meat and 
edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen. (HS code(s): 020 7); 
Poultry and eggs (ICS code(s): 67.120.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 
1224: 2021, Chicken meat — Carcasses and parts, First Edition; (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Afric an standard specifies the quality and safety 
requirements, methods of sampling and test for raw chicken meat, carcass and parts 
intended for human consumption.  
This excludes products with added ingredients or "chicken preparations"  
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; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barri ers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and 
productivity enhancement  G/TBT/N/UGA/1622  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 972.25 Official Method of Analysis of Lead in Foods - Atomic Adsorption 
Spectrophotometry  
• CAC/MRL 2, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food.  
• ARS 56, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• CAC/RCP 1, Recommended international code of practice — General principles of 
food hygiene  
• 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 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  
• ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Escherichia coli 0157  
• ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of b eta-glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 ˚C using 5 - bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-
glucuronide  
• ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens — Colony -count technique  
• 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  
• ISO 10272 -1:2017, Microbiology of t he food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of Campylobacter spp. — Part 1: Detection method  
• ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
• ECE/TRANS/165, UNECE Agre ement on the International Carriage of Perishable 
Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for Such Carriage (ATP).  
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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