G/SPS/N/UGA/52  
 
19 December 2018  
(18-8050) 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): Rabbit meat  
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 2028: Rabbit meat (carcasses and cuts)  - 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 22 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/UGA/18_6470_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, method 
of test and sampling for rabbit meat (carcasses and cuts) meant for human consumption.  
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:  
[ ] 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:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 US 45, General standard for food additives  
 US 734, Design and operation of abattoirs and slaughterhouses  - Requirements  
 US 737, Requirements for hygiene in the production of packaged meat products 
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   US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
 US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
 US CA C/MRL 2, Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and Risk Management 
Recommendations (RMRs) for residues of veterinary drugs in foods  
 US CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practice for meat  
 US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods  - General requirements  
 US 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  
 US ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotypi ng of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp, 
 US 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  
 US ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs  - Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes  - Part 1: Detection 
method  
 ISO 10272 -1 Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal  method for detection and 
enumeration of Campylobacter  spp. - Part 1: Detection method  
 US ISO 13720, Meat and meat products - Enumeration of presumptive Pseudomonas  
spp 
 ISO 21528 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae - Part 1: Detection of Enterobacteriaceae  
 DKS 2722:2016, Rabbit meat - Specification  
 UNECE Standard for Rabbit Meat - Carcases and Cuts - 2013 
 Uganda Gazette   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : March 2019  
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) : 17 February 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] Nation al 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  G/SPS/N/UGA/52  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail addres s (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