G/SPS/N/UGA/183  
 
29 June 2022  
(22-5025) Page: 1/2 
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):  Other (HS code(s): 04089); Poultry and eggs (ICS code(s): 
67.120.20)  
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 DARS 1203:2022, Hens egg products  — 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  40 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_4307_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies quality and safety 
requir ements, sampling and test methods for products made from eggs obtained from 
hens of the species Gallus gallus  intended for use in the manufacture of food for human 
consumption.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] 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 stand ard:  G/SPS/N/UGA/183  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• Uganda Gazette  
• ARS 56:2016, Pre -packaged foods — Labelling  
• AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
• AOAC 971.21, Mercury in food. Flameless atomic absorptions  
• AOAC 972.25, Lead in food. Atomic absorption spectrophotome  
• AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food. Atomic absorption spectrophot  
• CODEX STAN 192 -1995 general standard for food additives  
• ISO 4833 -1 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for th e enumeration of 
microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate technique  
• ISO 6888 -1 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
coagulasepositive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other species) — Part 1: 
Method using Baird -Parker agar medium  
• ISO 6579 -1 for Salmonella Detection in the Food Chain  
• 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  
• Regulations Governing the Voluntary Grading of Shell Eggs, 7 CFR Part 56, Effective 
30 March 2008  
• United States Standards, Grades, and Weight Classes for Shell Eggs, A MS 56, Effective 
20 July  2000 
• UNECE EP 63:1986/1994, Hens egg products for use in the food industry  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
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) : To be determined.  
[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) : 28 August 2022  
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  
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