G/TBT/N/UGA/1628  
28 June 2022  
(22-4979) 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 of 
bovine animals, frozen. (HS code(s): 0202); Meat and meat products (ICS code(s): 
67.120.10), Veal  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 
1246: 2022, Bovine (veal) meat — Carcasses and cuts, First Edition  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the SPS Committee.; (18 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies grading of Veal, quality 
and safety requirements, sampling and referenced test methods of carcasses thereof, 
intended for human consumption. This standard also defines major portions of meat cuts  
from the carcasses for sale.  
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 r equirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and 
productivity enhancement  G/TBT/N/UGA/1628  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC Official Method 972.25, Lead (Pb) in food. Atomic absorption 
Spectrophotometer  
2. CAC/MRL 2, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food.  
3. CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practice for meat  
4. ARS 56, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
5. 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  
6. 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  
7. ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of fo od and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 ˚C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-
glucuronide  
8. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal f eeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
9. ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal met hod 
for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens — Colony -count technique  
10. 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  
11. ISO 1372 0, Meat and meat products — Enumeration of presumptive of 
Pseudomonas spp.  
12. ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Escherichia coli 0157  
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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