G/SPS/N/UGA/66  
 
7 March 2019  
(19-1387) 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): Canned corned beef  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relev ant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS DEAS 26:2019, Canned corned beef - 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_1352_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, methods 
of tests and sampling for canned corned beef products.  
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CODEX STAN 88 -1981, Standard for Corned Beef  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE ) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] 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:  
 CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
 CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practice for meat  
 EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  G/SPS/N/UGA/66  
 
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   ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizonta l method for the 
enumeration of Clostridium perfringens - Colony -count technique  
 ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of th e food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate technique  
 AOAC 950.46, Method for analysis of moisture in meat  
 AOAC 960.39, Method for analysis of fat in meat  
 AOAC 992.15, Method for analysis of crude protein in meat and meat products  
 AOAC 920.153, Method for analysis of ash in meat and meat products  
 AOAC 985.16, Method for analysis for tin in canned foods  
 ISO 17294 -2, Method for analysis of water quality (elements)  
 CODEX STAN 192, Gen eral standard for food additives  
 CODEX STAN 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
 EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Specification  
 ISO 17294 -2, Water quality - Application of inductively coupled plasma mass 
spectrometry (ICP-MS) - Part 2: Determination of 62 elements  
 ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content - 
Flameless atomic  absorption spectrometric method  
 ISO 5961, Water quality - Determination of cadmium by atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
 ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of mercury content 
- Flameless atomic  absorption method  
 Uganda Gazette   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2020  
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) : 6 May 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail addre ss 
(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: http://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: http://www.unbs.go.ug