G/TBT/N/UGA/756  
 
27 September 2017  
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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): Dry roasted 
silver cyprinid. Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or 
during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human consumption. 
(HS 0305). Fish and fishery products (ICS 67.120.30).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 1800:2017, 
Dry roasted silver cyprinid (Mukene ) – Specification (12 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and methods 
of sampling and test for dry roasted silver cyprinid (Mukene) of the species Rastrineobola 
argentea, intended for human co nsumption.  
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. US EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of pre -packaged foods  
2. US EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
3. US 45, General standard for food additives  
4. US 500, General requirements for nut rition labelling of foods  
5. US 508, General requirements for nutrition and health claims on foods  
6. US 566, Use of nutrition claims – Requirements  
7. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
8. US EAS 826, Dried silver cyprinid (Mukene) – Specification  
9. US ISO 4831, Microbiology of foods and animal feeding stuffs ─ Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of coliforms – Most probable number technique  
10. US ISO 4833, Microbiology of foods  and animal feeding stuffs ─ Horizontal method G/TBT/N/UGA/756  
 
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  for the enumeration of microorganisms – Colony count technique at 30 °C 
technique  
11. US ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
12. US ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs  – Determination of calcium content – Part 1: 
Titrimetric method  
13. US ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp. (Cor_1_2004)  
14. US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuf fs – Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) – Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
15. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli – Most probable 
number technique.  
16. US ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens – Colony -count  
17. US ISO 11290 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes – Part 2: 
Enumeration method  
18. US ISO 13720, Meat and meat products – Enumeration of presumptive 
Pseudomonas spp.  
19. US ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds – Part 2: Colony count 
technique in products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 2017  
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/2017/TBT/UGA/17_4325_00_e.pdf