G/TBT/N/UGA/1848  
20 October 2023  
(23-7076) 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 [  ], 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):  
Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled 
(excl. rock  lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and 
prawns) (HS code(s): 030639); Fish and fishery products (ICS code(s): 67.120.30); 
Canned shrimps; Canned prawns  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified docume nt: DUS DARS 
1123:2023, Canned shrimps or prawns — Specification, First Edition; (14 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft African Standard applies to canned shrimp or prawn 
in hermetically sealed containers and prepared from species of any of the following 
families: penaeidae, pandalidae, crangonidae and palaemonidae. It does not apply to 
specialty products where shrimp or prawn constitutes less than 50% m/m of the contents.  
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 barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CAC/GL 21, Principles for the establishment and application of microbiological 
criteria for foods  G/TBT/N/UGA/1848  
 
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  2. CAC/RCP 1, Recommended international code of practice — General principles of 
food hygiene  
3. CAC/GL 30, Principles and guidelines for the conduct of microbiological risk 
assessment  
4. CAC/GL 31, Guidelines for the sensory evaluation of fish and shellfish in 
laboratories  
5. CAC/RCP 52[CD/K/521:2010], Code of practice for fish and fishery products  
6. CAC/GL 53, Guidelines on the judgement of equivalenc e of sanitary measures 
associated with food inspection and certification systems  
7. Codex pesticide residues in food (online database  
https://www.acfs.go.th/codex/pesticide ) 
8. ARS 471, Edible salt — Specification  
9. ARS 56, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specif ication  
10. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
11. ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of coliforms — Most probable number 
technique  
12. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and anim al feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
13. ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 degrees 
C 
14. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
15. ISO 6887 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Preparation of test 
samples, initial suspension and decimal dilutions for microbiolog ical examination 
— Part 1: General rules for the preparation of the initial suspension and decimal 
dilutions  
16. ISO 6887 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Preparation of test 
samples, initial suspension and decimal dilutions for microbiologi cal examination 
— Part 3: Specific rules for the preparation of fish and fishery products  
17. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and othe r species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
18. ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 2: Techniq ue using rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar 
medium  
19. ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN techn ique for low numbers  
20. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
21. ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens — Colony -count technique  
22. ISO 21567, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Shigella spp.  G/TBT/N/UGA/1848  
 
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  23. ISO/TS 21872 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feedi ng stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the detection of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp. — Part 1: 
Detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae  
24. ISO/TS 21872 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the detect ion of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp. — Part 2: 
Detection of species other than Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholera  
25. CAC/RCP 52 Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products  
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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