G/SPS/N/UGA/190  
 
29 June 2022  
(22-5043) Page: 1/3 
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):  Other (HS code(s): 210690); Poultry and eggs (ICS code(s): 
67.120.20)  
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 1216: 2022, Chicken essence — 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  20 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_4365_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This African Standard specifies the quality and safety 
requirements, referenced test methods and sampling for chicken essence. Chicken essence 
is prepared from whole dressed chickens by partial hydrolysis along with the boiled water 
extract and concentrated under vacuum. The concentrated extract is further ste rilized and 
the fat, if any, is removed. The concentrate is further processed and clarified to meet the 
prescribed requirements of nitrogen, total solids, etc. The required sweetening and 
flavouring agents are added and the product is packed in hermeticall y sealed ampoules.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international stand ard? 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/190  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• Uganda Gazette  
• CAC/RCP 1, Recommended international code of practice — General principles of food 
hygiene  
• ISO 936, Meat and meat products — Determination o f total ash  
• ISO 937, Determination of Nitrogen  
• ISO 2917, Meat and meat products –measurement of pH  
• AOAC 934.07 Processed meat and poultry products Lead Colorimetry (dithizone) II  
• AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food — Silver diethyldithiocarbamate method.  
• AOAC Official Method 990.20  Solids (Total) in Milk  
• ISO 1841 -2 Meat and meat products — Determination of chloride content — Part 2: 
Potentiometric method  
• AOAC 974.07 Official Method of Analysis of Lead in Foods - Atomic Adsorpt ion 
Spectrophotometry  
• AOAC 973.34, Official Method of Analysis of Cadmium in Foods  
• AOAC 971.21, Official Method of Analysis of Mercury in Foods  
• CAC/MRL 2, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food  
• ARS 56, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General  requirements  
• CAC/RCP 1, Recommended international code of practice — General principles of food 
hygiene  
• ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 ˚C by the pour plate technique  
• ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
• ISO 16654, Microbi ology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Escherichia coli  0157 
• ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli  — Part 2: Colony -
count technique at 44 ˚C using 5 - bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
• ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of Clostridium perfringens — Colony -count technique  
• ISO 11290 -1, Micr obiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. — Part 1: Detection 
method  
• ISO 10272 -1:2017, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeratio n of Campylobacter spp. — Part 1: Detection method  
• ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella  spp. 
• CXS 234 Recommended Methods of Analysis and Sampling  
• IS 5558:1970(R2000), Specification for  Chicken Essence  
(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   G/SPS/N/UGA/190  
 
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  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, Ug anda 
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