G/TBT/N/UGA/1212  
22 June 2020  
(20-4352) 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 fr om above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Silver 
cyprinid, Mukene, Omena, Dagaa; Other prepared or preserved fish (HS 160420); Fish and 
fishery products (ICS 67.120.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2215:2019, 
Canned silver cyprinid fish (Mukene) — Speci fication, First Edition. (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Uganda standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for canned silver cyprinid (Mukene) of the species Rastrineobola 
argentea, intended for human cons umption packed in water, oil or other suitable packing 
medium. It does not apply to speciality products where the canned silver cyprinid 
constitutes less than 50 % m/m of the net contents of the can.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urg ent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food ― Silver diethyldibocarbamate method  
2. AOAC 972.23, Lead in fish ― Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method  
3. AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food ― Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method  
4. AOAC 983.20, Mercury (methyl) in fish and shellfish  ― Gas chromatographic method  G/TBT/N/UGA/1212  
 
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  5. CAC/RCP 1, General Principles of Food Hygiene  
6. CAC/RCP 23, Code of Hygienic Practice for Low -Acid and Acidified Low -Acid Canned 
Foods  
7. CAC/GL 31, Guidelines for the Sensory Evaluation of Fish and Shellfish in 
Laboratories  
8. CAC/RP 52, Code of Practice f or Fish and Fishery Products,  
9. US 45, General standard for food additives  
10. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
11. US 1659, Materials in contact with food — Requirements for packaging materials  
12. US EAS 12, Potable water — Specifi cation  
13. US 28 EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of 
practice  
14. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
15. US EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
16. US EAS 804, Claims on food — Requirements  
17. US EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims — Requirements  
18. US EAS 826, Dried silver cyprinid (Rastrineobola argentea) — Specification  
19. US ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
20. US ISO 6888 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — 
Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococcus aureus and other species)  
21. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feedi ng stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most probable 
number technique  
22. US ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens — Colony -count technique  
23. US ISO 11290, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes — Part 2: 
Enumeration method  
24. US ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and  the total content 
of aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High 
performance liquid chromatographic method  
25. US ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of Yeasts and mo ulds — Part 1: Colony count 
technique in products with water activity greater than 0,95  
26. US ISO/TS 21872 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — 
Horizontal method for the detection of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/UGA/1212  
 
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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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