G/SPS/N/UGA/164  
 
26 July 2021  
(21-5817) 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):  Powdered silver cyprinid, powdered Mukene  
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 780:2021, Powdered silver cyprinid (Mukene) - 
Specification, Second Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/UGA/21_4829_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Working Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for powdered silver cyprinid (Mukene) of the species 
Rastrineobola argentea, intended for human consumption.  
This Working Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
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:   
− US 28, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry;  
− US 45, General standard for food additives;  
− US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed;  
− US 919, Dried silver cyprinid (Mukene) - Specification;  G/SPS/N/UGA/164  
 
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  − US EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements;  
− US EAS 804, Claims on food - Requirements;  
− US EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims - Requirements;  
− US ISO 11290 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes - Part 2: Enumeration 
method;  
− US ISO 13720, Meat and meat products - Enumeration of presumptive 
Pseudomonas  spp.; 
− US ISO 15089, Water quality Guidelines f or selective immunoassays for the 
determination of plant treatment and pesticide agents;  
− US ISO 16050, Food stuffs - Determination of aflatoxins B1 and total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts, and derived products - High performance 
liquid chromatographic method;  
− US ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count technique in products 
with water activity less than or equal to 0.95;  
− US ISO 4 831, Microbiology of foods and animal feeding stuffs ─ Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of coliforms - Most probable number technique;  
− US ISO 4833, Microbiology of foods and animal feeding stuffs ─ Horizontal method for 
the enumeration o f microorganisms - Colony count technique at 30 °C technique;  
− US ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid; 
− US ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of calcium content - Part 1: 
Titrimetric method;  
− US ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection of Salmonella  spp. (Cor_1_2004);  
− US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive sta phylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium;  
− US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable number 
technique;  
− US ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens - Colony -count;  
− 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) : 24 September 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 63 29 
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/164  
 
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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