G/TBT/N/UGA/1613  
23 June 2022  
(22-4870) 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  
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  
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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  - Others 
(HS code(s): 040790); Fish and fishery products (ICS code(s): 67.120.30)  
5. Title, number  of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 
1202: 2022, Preserved eggs -in-shell, First Edition; (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies quality and safety 
requirements, , methods of test fo r preserved hen eggs -in-shell fit for direct human 
consumption. This standard on Preserved eggs -in-shell aims to facilitate economic 
exchanges between countries and will contribute to the availability of quality products for 
the African population. It will  contribute to the protection of consumers' health.  
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; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ISO 6579 -1 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
• 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 
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  • ISO 6888 -1 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species) — Part 1: Method using Baird - Parker agar medium  
• AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
• AOAC 972.25, Lead in food. Atom ic absorption spectrophotometry  
• AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food. Atomic absorption spectrophot  
• AOAC 971.21, Mercury in food. Flameless atomic absorptions  
• CAC/MRL 2 maximum residue limits (mrls) and risk management 
recommendations (RMRS) for residues of veteri nary drugs in foods  
• CAC/RCP 1 recommended international code of practice general principles of food 
hygiene  
• Regulations Governing the Voluntary Grading of Shell Eggs, 7 CFR Part 56, 
Effective March 30, 2008  
• United States Standards, Grades, and Weight Class es for Shell Eggs, AMS 56, 
Effective July 20, 2000  
• UNECE EP 45:1976/1994, Preserved eggs -in-shell 
• Codex Alimentarius website: 
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/mrls/vetdrugs/jsp/vetd_q -e.jsp 
• USDA Foreign Agricultural Service website: http://www.mrldatabase. com 
• USDA Agricultural Marketing Service website: 
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/Standards  
• European Union: 
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/pharmaceuticals/veterinary -
use/maximumresidue - limits/index_en.htm  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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:   
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  
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