G/TBT/N/UGA/695  
 
10 July 2017  
(17-3685) 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):  Caprine (goat) meat, 
Caprine (goat) carcasses and cuts.  - Meat of goats (HS 020450). Meat and meat products 
(ICS 67.120.10).  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  DUS 1698:2017, 
Caprine (goat) — Carcasses and cuts — Specification. (16 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, method 
of sampling and test for raw goat meat cuts and carcasses fit for the food industries and 
human consumption.  
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 requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CDUS CAC/GL 61, Guidelines on the application of general principles of food 
hygiene to the control of listeria monocytogenes in foods  
2. CDUS CAC/GL 88, Guidelines on application of general principles of food hygiene to 
control of food borne parasites  
3. CDUS CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygiene practice for meat  
4. US 1659, Materials in Contact with Food — Requirements for Packaging materials  
5. US 45, General standards for food additives  
6. US 779, Requirement for transportation of meat and meat products  
7. US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
8. US CAC/MRL - 2, Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and Risk mana gement 
Recommendations (RMRs) for Residues of veterinary Drugs in food  
9. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  G/TBT/N/UGA/695  
 
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  10. US EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
11. US EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims — Requirements  
12. US ISO 657 9, Microbiology of food and animal feeds — Horizontal method for 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella, Enumeration by a 
miniaturized most probable number technique  
13. US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeds — Horizontal method for 
enumeration of Coagulase - positive staphylococci. (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species), Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
14. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeds — Horizontal method for 
detection, enumeration of presumptive Escher ichia coli – Most probable number 
technique  
15. IS 2536, Meat and meat products - Mutton and goat meat (clevon) – fresh, chilled 
and frozen, Technical requirements  
16. UNECE 2007, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe caprine meat - 
Carcasses and cuts  
17. E.C. Webb, N.H. Casey, L. Simela, Goat meat quality, Department of Animal and 
Wildlife Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa, Available 
online 8 September 2005  
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 2017  
Proposed date of entry into fo rce: 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 
number s and e mail and websi te address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/UGA/17_3107_00_e.pdf