G/SPS/N/UGA/167  
 
23 August 2021  
(21-6375) 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):  Dried meat  
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 DEAS 1063:2021, Dried meat - Specification, First 
Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/UGA/21_5344_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for dried meat.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] 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 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:   
Note: This Draft Uganda Standards was also notified to the TBT Committee  
− EAS 769, Specificati on for edible fats and oil  
− EAS 35, Edible salt - Specification  G/SPS/N/UGA/167  
 
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  − Codex Standard GSFA 192  
− EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
− ISO 22000, Food safety management systems - Requirements for any organization in 
the food chain  
− EAS 151, Hazard analysis critical control points (HACCP)  
− CAC/MRL 2, Maximum Residue Limits for Veterinary Drugs in Food  
− EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods  
− ISO 4832, - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
− 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 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 B aird-Parker agar medium  
− ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella  spp 
− ISO 11290 - 1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Listeria monocyt ogenes and other Listeria  spp. -- Part 1: Detection 
method  
− CAC/RCP 58 -2005, Codex code of hygienic practice for meat  
− EAS 12, Specification for potable water  
− ISO 17604, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs  - carcass sampling  
− ISO/TS 17728, Microbio logy of food and animal feeding stuffs  - sampling techniques 
for microbiological analysis of foods and feeds  
− ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of Escherichia coli  0157:H7  
− Uganda Gazette  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : November 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   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 22 October 2021  
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  G/SPS/N/UGA/167  
 
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  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