G/SPS/N/UGA/185  
 
29 June 2022  
(22-5028) 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):  Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen. (HS code(s): 0204); 
Meat and meat products (ICS code(s): 67.120.10), ovine meat, sheep meat  
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 1248: 2022, Ovine (sheep) meat — 
Carcasses and cuts, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  22 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_4350_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies grading and grades of 
lamb and mutton, quality requirements, safety requirements, sampling and methods of 
test for lamb and mutton carcasses and cuts meant 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/p lant 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:   G/SPS/N/UGA/185  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• Uganda Gazette  
• ARS 56, Labelling of prepacka ged foods — Specification  
• 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 spectrophotometer  
• AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food. Atomic absorption spectrophotometer  
• ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 degrees C  
• ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hyd rochloric acid  
• ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp. 
• ISO 21528 -1 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection and 
enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae — Part 1 : Detection of Enterobacteriaceae  
• ISO 21528 -2 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection and 
enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae — Part 2: Colony -count technique  
• ECE/TRADE/308:2007, UNECE Standard — Ovine (sheep) meat — Carcasses an d cuts  
• USDA  Plant Inspectorate  Service  website: 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants  
(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