G/SPS/N/UGA/146  
 
10 March 2021  
(21-2002) 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):  Food safety  
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 2245:2020, Safety of foodstuffs - Requirements, 
First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  24 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/UGA/21_1805_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard provides for general food safety 
requirements for foods intended for human consumption or further processing in 
particular where there is no specific product Uganda standard. It provides the basic 
requirements to be met for a fo od to be passed as safe.  
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:   
− AOAC 967.26, Salmonella in processed foods. Detection  
− EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
− EAS 804, Claims on food - Requirements  
− EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims - Requirements  G/SPS/N/UGA/146  
 
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  − US 1659, Materials in contact with food - Requirements for packaging materials  
− US 217 -7/EAS 217 -7, Methods for microbiological examination of foods - Part 7: 
Examination for Clostridium botulinum  and Clostridium botulinum  toxin 
− US 28 EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
− US 45, General Stan dard for Food additives  
− US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
− US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
− US CAC/MRL 2, Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and Risk Management 
Recommendations (RMRs) for residues of veterinary dru gs in foods  
− US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
− US EAS 68 -2-1, Milk and milk products - Methods for microbiological examination - 
Part 2 -1: Enumeration of coliforms - Colony count technique at 30 Degrees Celsius  
− US EAS 68 -2-2, Milk and milk products - Methods of microbiological examination ? 
Part 2 -2: Enumeration of coliforms - Most probable number technique at 30 Degrees 
Celsius  
− US ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection a nd enumeration of coliforms - Most probable number technique  
− US ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
− US ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding s tuffs - Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes  - Part 1: Detection 
method  
− US ISO 11866 -1, Milk and milk products - Enumeration of presumptive Escherichia 
coli - Part 1: Most probable number technique using 4 -methylumb elliferyl -beta-D-
glucuronide (MUG)  
− US ISO 11866 -2, Milk and milk products - Enumeration of presumptive Escherichia 
coli - Part 2: Colony -count technique at 44 Degrees C using membranes  
− US ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection of Escherichia coli  O157  
− US ISO 21527, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1, Colony count technique in products 
with water activity greater than 0.95  
− US ISO 21528 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae - Part 1: Detection of Enterobacteriaceae  
− US ISO 6461, Water  quality - Detection and enumeration of the spores of sulfite - 
reducing anaerobes (clostridia) - Part 2: Method by membrane filtration  
− US ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection of Salmonella  spp 
− US IS O 6888, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase - positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and 
other species)  
− US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method f or 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable 
number technique  
− US ISO 9308 -2, Water quality - Enumeration of Escherichia coli  and coliform bacteria 
- Part 2: Most Probable Number method  
− US ISO 7937, Microbiology of food a nd animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens  - Colony -count technique  
− US ISO 9308 -2, Water quality - Enumeration of Escherichia coli  and coliform bacteria 
- Part 2: Most Probable Number method  
− European Union ( microbiological criteria for foodstuffs) regulations 2012, s.i. no. 474 
of 2012  
− Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on 
microbiological criteria for foodstuffs (Official Journal of the European union l 338 of 
22 Decemb er 2005)  
− GSO/FDS 1016/2014, microbiological criteria for foodstuffs, Standardization 
Organization for GCC (GSO)  
− KS 2455: 2013, food safety - General Standard, Kenya Standard  
− Uganda Gazette  
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 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.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 9 May 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 6329  
Kampala, Ug anda 
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