G/TBT/N/UGA/1035  
 
7 March 2019  
(19-1392) Page: 1/2 
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  
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 from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):  Canned 
corned beef; - Boneless (HS 020130); Meat and meat products (ICS 67.120.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
DUS DEAS  26:2019, Canned corned beef – Specification, First Edition. (13 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, methods 
of tests and sampling for canned corned  beef products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requireme nts; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
2. CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practice for meat  
3. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry – Code of practice  
4. ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of  Clostridium perfringens – Colony -count technique  
5. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of mic roorganisms – Part 1: Colony count at 30 ˚C by the pour plate 
technique  
6. AOAC 950.46, Method for analysis of moisture in meat  
7. AOAC 960.39, Method for analysis of fat in meat  
8. AOAC 992.15, Method for analysis of crude protein in meat and meat products  
9. AOAC 92 0.153, Method for analysis of ash in meat and meat products  G/TBT/N/UGA/1035  
 
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  10. AOAC 985.16, Method for analysis for tin in canned foods  
11. ISO 17294 -2, Method for analysis of water quality (elements)  
12. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
13. CODEX STAN 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
14. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods – Specification  
15. ISO 17294 -2, Water quality – Application of inductively coupled plasma mass 
spectrometry (ICP -MS) – Part 2: Determination of 62 elements  
16. ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Determination of lead 
content – Flameless atomic  absorption spectrometric method  
17. ISO 5961, Water quality – Determination of cadmium by atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
18. ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and deriv ed products – Determination of mercury 
content – Flameless atomic  absorption method  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2019  
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  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/UGA/19_1347_00_e.pdf